67. Acalypha schiedeana Schltdl.

Linnaea 7: 384 (Schlechtendal 1832).

= Acalypha schiedeana var. macrodonta Müll.Arg.; = A. schiedeana f. angustifolia Müll.Arg.; = A. subscandens Rusby; = A. ecuadorica Pax & K.Hoffm.

Voucher specimens

COLOMBIA – Cundinamarca • Fernández Alonso, J.L. 5349; COL, MA.

ECUADOR – Manabí • Sparre, B. 19644; GB, GH, S.

VENEZUELA – Zulia • Bunting, G.S. 11735; MO, NY .

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 3 m high. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills and Northern Andean Highlands, alt. 0‒1200 m.

Distribution

Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel (1999b), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012).

Provisional conservation status

LC.