Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha

Acalypha ciliata Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 162 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Djibouti

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 16: 98.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 901

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2):99 (1921).
  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 215 (1974).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 51 (1952).
  • Forssk., Fl. Aegypt. Arab.: 162 (1775).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 901 (1912).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 410 (1958).
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 873 (1866).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(16): 98 (1924).
  • Pax in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 239 (1895).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 18, 2008 Crawford, F. [164] Namibia K000450314 No
Jan 1, 1986 Haarer, A.E. [408] Tanzania K000452406 No
Jan 1, 1986 Bruce, E.M. [951] Tanzania K000452418 No
Jan 1, 1986 Haarer, A.E. [667] Tanzania K000452408 No
Jan 1, 1986 Bally, P.R.O. [4248] Tanzania K000452410 No
Jan 1, 1986 Harris, B.J. [4251] Tanzania K000452393 No
Bax, R.D. [98] Tanzania K000452401 No
Davis, R.L. [173] Tanzania K000452398 No
Bidgood, S.C.; Mwasumbi, L.B.; Vollesen, K.B. [905] Tanzania K000452420 No
Schlieben, H.J. [1745] Tanzania K000452416 No
de Nevers, G. [14373] Guinea K000557452 No
Ripley, S. [309] Sri Lanka K005356601 Yes
s.coll. [14980] India K005356595 Yes
Stolz, A. [1861] Tanzania K000452386 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Mwangi, J. [9081] Tanzania K000452394 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri, K. [13967] Tanzania K000452391 No
Wallace, G.B. [611] Tanzania K000452402 No
Greenway, P.J.; Polhill, R.M. [11442] Tanzania K000452413 No
s.coll. [7781] India K005356589 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Rajamani, C. [RHT14] India K005356598 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [RHT47270] India K005356599 Yes
Clair - Thompson, G.W.S. [561] Tanzania K000452387 No
Koritschoner, H. [2076] Tanzania K000452404 No
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1476] Tanzania K000452396 No
Singh, V. [2957] India K005356588 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14617] India K005356593 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000247146 Type Yes
Richards, H.M. [9859] Tanzania K000452388 No
Richards, H.M. [21222] Tanzania K000452390 No
Hornby, H.E. [184] Tanzania K000452412 No
Lovett, J. [1346] Tanzania K000452397 No
Robertson, S.A. [495] Tanzania K000452419 No
Laferrere, M. [3] Mali K000385832 No
Lawson, M.A. [s.n.] India K005356590 Yes
Barber, C.A. [3664] India K005356594 Yes
Thomson, G. [92] India K005356591 Yes
Koritschoner, H. [2235] Tanzania K000452405 No
Haarer, A.E. [573] Tanzania K000452407 No
Burtt, B.D. [1399] Tanzania K000452411 No
Mooney, H.F. [3098] K005356600 Yes
Ash [521] Ethiopia K:SPC-37165.000 No
Burtt, B.D. [2390B] Tanzania K000452399 No
Cooray, R.G. [69111719R] Sri Lanka K005356602 Yes
Bidgood, S.C.; Mwasumbi, L.B.; Vollesen, K.B. [1196] Tanzania K000452414 No
Thomas, G. [2] India K005356592 Yes
Heyne [7781] India K000246983 Type Yes
Bax, R.D. [97] Tanzania K000452400 No
Polhill, R.M.; Paulo, S. [1040] Tanzania K000452409 No
Koritschoner, H. [2071] Tanzania K000452403 No
Bidgood, S.C.; Mwasumbi, L.B.; Vollesen, K.B. [960] Tanzania K000452415 No
Thompson, C. [1932] Tanzania K000452395 No
[R.W. Inder] [106] India K005356587 Yes
Richards, M. [17650] Tanzania K000452389 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K005356597 Yes
Stocks; Mr. Law; &c [s.n.] India K005356586 Yes
Batty, M. [901] Tanzania K000452392 No

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    • '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.
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