Acalypha urophylla Baill.
First published in Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 273 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Comoros , Madagascar. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Comoros, Madagascar
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Acalypha filiformis var. urophylla (Baill.) Govaerts in R.Govaerts, D.G.Frodin & A.Radcliffe-Smith, World Checkl. & Bibliogr. Euphorbiaceae: 63 (2000)
- Acalypha reticulata var. urophylla (Baill.) Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 34: 32 (1865)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acalypha filiformis var. goudotiana (Baill.) Govaerts in R.Govaerts, D.G.Frodin & A.Radcliffe-Smith, World Checkl. & Bibliogr. Euphorbiaceae: 62 (2000)
- Acalypha goudotiana Baill. in Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 268 (1861)
- Acalypha reticulata f. glabrescens Leandri in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 266 (1942)
- Acalypha reticulata var. goudotiana (Baill.) Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 34: 32 (1865)
- Acalypha reticulata f. longa Leandri in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 265 (1942)
- Acalypha reticulata f. meeusei Leandri in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 186 (1948 publ. 1949)
- Acalypha reticulata f. vohitrae Leandri in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 265 (1942)
Publications
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Acalypha filiformis var. urophylla.]
- 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. [Cited as Acalypha filiformis var. urophylla.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| J.M.Hildebrandt [3356], Madagascar | K000186531 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
| Boivin [s.n.], Madagascar | Acalypha filiformis var. urophylla | K000186503 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Boivin [s.n.], Madagascar | Acalypha filiformis var. urophylla | K000186502 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
| Boivin [s.n.], Madagascar | Acalypha filiformis var. urophylla | K000186501 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0