49. Acalypha multicaulis Müll.Arg. nom. cons. prop. in prep.

Linnaea 34 (1): 53 (Müller Argoviensis 1865).

≡ Ricinocarpus multicaulis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; = Acalypha pruriens Nees & Mart. nom. rej. prop. ≡ R. pruriens (Nees & Mart.) Kuntze; = A. ruderalis Mart. ex Colla nom. rej. prop.; = A. tenuicaulis Baill.; = A. multicaulis var. tomentella Müll.Arg.; = A. lagoensis Müll.Arg.; Kuntze; = A. multicaulis var. tenuispica Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. multicaulis var. glabrescens Pax & K.Hoffm.

Voucher specimens

ARGENTINA – Entre Ríos • Burkart, A. 20613; MO, SI.

BRAZIL – Ceará • Barros, F. 1782; MAUAM, SP.

PARAGUAY – Paraguarí • Fiebrig, K. 898; BM, F, GH, K.

URUGUAY – Paraguarí • Legrand, C.D. 329; F.

Habit

Subshrub or shrub. Native.

Habitat

Eastern Highlands: Cerrados, Caatinga, and Atlantic Forests; Gran Chaco: Humid Chaco; Pampas: Northern Rolling Pampas, alt. (40‒)200‒1000(‒1200) m.

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

References

Cardiel et al. (2013b, 2022b), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2015).

Provisional conservation status

LC.

Remarks

A proposal to conserve the name Acalypha multicaulis against A. pruriens and A. ruderalis has been recently presented (Cardiel et al. 2023).