3. Acalypha acuminata Benth.

Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 329 (Bentham 1854).

≡ Ricinocarpus acuminatus (Benth.) Kuntze.

Voucher specimens

BRAZIL – Amazonas • Krukoff, B.A. 8416; K, MO, NY, P .

Habit

Shrub or small tree to 5 m high. Native.

Habitat

Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon and Coastal Lowlands, alt. 200‒ 300 m.

Distribution

Brazil.

Reference

Cardiel et al. (2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.