45. Acalypha macrostachya Jacq.

Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones 2: 63, tab. 245 (Jacquin 1797).

≡ Ricinocarpus macrostachyus (Jacq.) Kuntze; = Acalypha hirsutissima Willd. ≡ A. macrostachya var. hirsutissima (Willd.) Müll.Arg.; = A. cuculata Poir.; = A. sidaefolia Kunth ≡ A. macrostachya var. sidaefolia (Kunth) Müll.Arg.; = A. macrophylla Kunth ≡ A. macrostachya f. macrophylla (Kunth) Müll.Arg. ≡ A. macrostachya var. macrophylla (Kunth) Müll.Arg.; = A. caudata Kunth; = A. tristis Poepp. ≡ A. macrostachya var. tristis (Poepp.) Müll.Arg.; = A. callosa Benth. ≡ R. callosus (Benth.) Kuntze; = A. caucana Müll.Arg. ≡ R. caucanus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; = A. heterodonta var. psiloclada Müll.Arg.; = A. neogranatensis Müll.Arg. ≡ R. neogranatensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; = A. heterodonta var. hirsuta Müll.Arg.; = A. heterodonta var. trichoclada Müll.Arg.; = A. tarapotensis Müll.Arg. ≡ R. tarapotensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; = A. lehmanniana Pax; = A. foliosa Rusby; = A. williamsii Rusby [1912]; = A. amplifolia Rusby; = A. heteromorpha Rusby.

Voucher specimens

BOLIVIA – La Paz • Beck, S. 24724; MA, LPB .

BRAZIL – São Paulo • Kuhlmann, M. 1481; NY, P, SP .

COLOMBIA – Meta • Cuatrecasas, J. 4553; COL, F, US.

ECUADOR – Napo • Cerón, C.E. 3688; AAU, GB, F, MO, NY, QCNE.

GUYANA – Barima-Waini • Pipoly, J.J. 8118; US, CAY.

PERU – Junín • Killip, E.P. 23441; F, GH, NY, US.

VENEZUELA – Barinas • Breteler, F.J. 3736; G, F, MO, NY, S, U, UPS, US .

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 10 m high. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills and Northern Andean Highland; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont and Guianan Shield Moist Forests; Eastern Highlands: Atlantic Forests, alt. (10‒)100‒2000(‒2800) m.

Distribution

Widely distributed in Mexico, Caribe, Central America, and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel (1995a), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012), Cardiel et al. (2013b, 2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.