Acalypha wilkesiana 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 : 63-64

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8231876
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F7387D3-FFB7-6920-FDBD-FB0EFD7BFDF0
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg.
status

Treatment

87. Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg. View in CoL View at ENA

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15 (2): 817 ( Müller Argoviensis 1866).

Voucher specimens

BOLIVIA – La Paz • Solomon, J.C. 14276; LPB, MO.

BRAZIL – São Paulo • Coe Teixeira, B. 261; SP.

COLOMBIA – Valle del Cauca • Duque, J.M. 4372; COL.

ECUADOR – Imbabura • Cerón, C.E. 7158; QCNE, MO.

GUYANA – Northwest District • De La Cruz, J.S. 3801; F, GH, NY.

PARAGUAY – Central • Pérez, B. 1034; MO.

PERU – Loreto • Williams, L. 2010; F, US.

VENEZUELA – Bolívar • López-Palacios, S. 4344; NY .

Habit

Shrub. Introduced.

Distribution

Native to the Melanesian Island of Fiji ( Sagun et al. 2010); introduced as ornamental throughout the tropics and frequently naturalised. South America ( Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela).

References

Sagun et al. (2010), Cardiel et al. (2022b).