Acalypha brasiliensis Müll.Arg.

Cardiel, José María, Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, González-Berdasco, Álvaro & Montero-Muñoz, Iris, 2023, Catalogue and red list of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) from South America, European Journal of Taxonomy 886, pp. 1-92 : 15-16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231710
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scientific name	Acalypha brasiliensis Müll.Arg.
status

Treatment

15. Acalypha brasiliensis Müll.Arg. View in CoL nom. cons.

Linnaea 34 (1): 37 ( Müller Argoviensis 1865).

≡ Ricinocarpus brasiliensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze View in CoL ; = Acalypha subsana Mart. ex Colla View in CoL nom. rej.; = A. brasiliensis var. mollis Müll.Arg. View in CoL ; = A. dupraeana var. arciana Baill. View in CoL nom. illeg. superfl.; = A. arciana Müll.Arg. View in CoL ≡ R. arcianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze. View in CoL

Habit

Shrub. Native.

Habitat

Eastern Highlands: Cerrados, Caatinga and Atlantic Forests, alt. 0‒1000(‒1400) m.

Distribution

Argentina and Brazil.

References

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

Provisional conservation status

LC.

Remarks

Acalypha brasiliensis is a morphologically complex species of which numerous infraspecific taxa have been described; three subspecies are currently recognised ( Cardiel et al. 2022b).