- Family:
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Acalypha L.
Acalypha macrostachya Jacq.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 10–2000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bogotá DC, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC. National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Habit
- Tree.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- barbas, barbas de guasco, bollo de puerco rojo, churrusco, cordoncillo, coroncorito, jaulo, mulato, ortiguillo, querida, querido, salado, zábila de monte, zanca de araña, zancaemula, zancamula, zanco de mula, zanquemula
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 10 - 2000 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
Native to:
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
- Acalypha amplifolia Rusby
- Acalypha callosa Benth.
- Acalypha cancana Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha caucana Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha caudata Kunth
- Acalypha cucullata Poir.
- Acalypha fertilis Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Acalypha foliosa Rusby
- Acalypha heterodonta Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heterodonta var. hirsuta Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heterodonta var. psiloclada Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heterodonta var. trichoclada Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heteromorpha Rusby
- Acalypha hicksii L.Riley
- Acalypha hirsutissima Willd.
- Acalypha lehmanniana Pax
- Acalypha macrophylla Kunth
- Acalypha macrostachya Willd.
- Acalypha macrostachya f. androgyna Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. genuina Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima (Willd.) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya f. macrophylla (Kunth) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. macrophylla (Kunth) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. puberula Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. sidifolia (Kunth) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. tristis (Poepp.) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha neogranatensis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha obtusifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Acalypha piperoides Klotzsch ex Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Acalypha seemannii Klotzsch
- Acalypha sidifolia Kunth
- Acalypha tarapotensis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha tristis Poepp.
- Ricinocarpus callosus (Benth.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus cancanus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus heterodontus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus macrostachyus (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus neogranatensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus tarapotensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
Acalypha macrostachya Jacq. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2010 | Linden [974] | K000913012 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2010 | Lehmann, F.C. [4818], Colombia | K000913006 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2010 | Lehmann, F.C. [4818], Colombia | K000913007 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2010 | Smith, H.H. [1433], Colombia | K000913010 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2000 | Bang, M. [2391], Bolivia | K000600504 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2000 | Sandeman, C. [5038], Peru | K000716400 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2000 | Wurdack, J.J. [2042], Peru | K000716401 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2000 | Spruce, R. [4298], Peru | K000600502 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2000 | Spruce, R. [4298], Peru | K000600501 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2000 | Williams, R.S. [656], Bolivia | K000600503 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Aug 1, 1992 | Soejarto, D. D. [267], Colombia | K000716403 | Yes | ||
Aug 1, 1992 | Linden [974] | K000913013 | isolectotype | Yes | |
Aug 1, 1992 | Plowman, T. [3186], Colombia | K000716402 | No | ||
Aug 1, 1992 | Kalbreyer, W. [902], Colombia | K000913014 | Yes | ||
Jun 1, 1992 | Smith, H.H. [1433], Colombia | K000913011 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Krukoff, B.A. [4876], Brazil | K001206748 | Yes | |||
Prance, G.T. [9667], Brazil | K001206747 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447908 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447909 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447910 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447911 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447912 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447917 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447918 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447919 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447920 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447921 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447922 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447923 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447924 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447925 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447926 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001447927 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447929 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447930 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447931 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447932 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447933 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447934 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447935 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447943 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447944 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447945 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447946 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447947 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447948 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447949 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447950 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447951 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447952 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447953 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001447954 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447959 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447960 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447961 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447962 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447963 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447964 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001447965 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001447966 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001447967 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001447968 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001447969 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001447970 | Yes | |||
Mexia, Y. [5022], Brazil | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001206750 | Yes | ||
Krukoff, B.A. [4522], Brazil | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001206749 | Yes | ||
n/a | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447902 | Yes | ||
n/a | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447903 | Yes | ||
n/a | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447904 | Yes | ||
n/a | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447905 | Yes | ||
n/a | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447906 | Yes | ||
Panama | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447907 | Yes | ||
Colombia | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447936 | Yes | ||
Colombia | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447937 | Yes | ||
Colombia | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447938 | Yes | ||
Colombia | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447939 | Yes | ||
Colombia | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447941 | Yes | ||
Colombia | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447942 | Yes | ||
Colombia | Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima | K001447958 | Yes | ||
May 1, 1991 | s.coll. [1388], Colombia | Acalypha callosa | K000600660 | isolectotype | Yes |
May 1, 1991 | Hartweg [1388], Colombia | Acalypha callosa | K000600659 | lectotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1998 | Spruce, R. [6147], Ecuador | Acalypha heterodonta var. hirsuta | K000600661 | Yes | |
May 1, 1991 | Triana, J. [3877], Colombia | Acalypha cancana | K000600658 | isolectotype | Yes |
Hicks, J.B. [458], Costa Rica | Acalypha hicksii | K000600580 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 2: 63 (1797)
Accepted by
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- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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