Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha

Acalypha schiedeana Schltdl.

First published in Linnaea 7: 384 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Ecuador. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • 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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Killip, E.P.; Dugand, A.; Jaramillo, R. [38128] Colombia K001447735 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Ecuador K000600515 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600523 No
Oct 1, 2008 Venezuela K000600524 No
Oct 1, 2008 Ecuador K000600516 No
Sep 30, 2008 Colombia K000600648 No
Sep 10, 2007 Mexico K000476841 No
Jan 1, 1998 Eggers, H. [15535] Ecuador K000600515 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Eggers, H. [15535] Ecuador K000600516 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1992 Smith, H.H. [2393] Colombia K000600648 Type Yes
Chavarría, U. [631] Costa Rica K005537742 Yes
Deam, C.C. [6275] Guatemala K005537740 Yes
MacDougall, T.B. [H502] Mexico K005537739 Yes
Palmer, E. [417] Mexico K005537741 Yes
Fendler, A. [1258] Venezuela K000600523 Type Yes
Fendler, A. [1260] Venezuela K000600524 Type Yes
Venezuela K001447734 Yes
Venezuela K001447736 Yes
Venezuela K001447737 Yes
Venezuela K001447738 Yes
Ecuador K001447739 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0