Acalypha cuspidata Jacq.

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 : 25-26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231744
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F7387D3-FF91-6906-FD98-FBFFFAE1FD98
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acalypha cuspidata Jacq.
status

Treatment

24. Acalypha cuspidata Jacq. View in CoL View at ENA

Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones 2: 63, tab. 243 ( Jacquin 1797).

≡ Ricinocarpus cuspidatus (Jacq.) Kuntze View in CoL ; = Acalypha vestita Benth. View in CoL ; = A. asterifolia Rusby View in CoL ; = A. tenuipes Pax & K.Hoffm. View in CoL ; = A. santae-martae Pax & K.Hoffm. View in CoL

Voucher specimens

COLOMBIA – Magdalena • Smith, H.H. 429; BM, G, LE, MA .

ECUADOR – Guayas • Madsen, J.E. 63938; AAU, MA, QCA, QCNE .

PERU – Tumbes • Weberbauer, A. 7662; F, NY, US .

VENEZUELA – Distrito Capital • Pittier, H. 13367; G, GH, M, MO, NY, US .

Habit

Subshrub or shrub. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills, Venezuelan Coastal Andes, and Northern Andean Highlands, alt. 30‒1000(‒1300) m.

Distribution

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

References

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

Provisional conservation status

LC.

Remarks

The specimens previously identified as A calypha plicata from Colombia and Venezuela by Cardiel (1995a, 1999b), are here considered belonging to A. cuspidata . See the Remarks for this species.