16. Acalypha carrascoana Cardiel

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 52: 153 (Cardiel 1995b).

Voucher specimens

COLOMBIA – Cesar • Haught, O. 2333; COL, F, GH, MA, NY, US.

VENEZUELA – Guarico • Davidse, G. 4177; L, MEXU, MO, VEN . – Nueva Esparta • Bernardi, A.L. 2496; NY .

Habit

Herb. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills, alt. 400 m.

Distribution

Disjunct distribution in Mexico and Northern South America (Colombia and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel (1995a, 1999b), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2013).

Provisional conservation status

EN B2ab(ii,iii).

Remarks

This species is only known in South America from the three aforementioned collections.