60. Acalypha poiretii Spreng.

Systema vegetabilium 3: 879 (Sprengel 1826).

= Acalypha indica Vell.; = A. rhombifolia Baill.; = A. paupercula Pax & K.Hoffm.

Voucher specimens

ARGENTINA – Chaco • Venturi, S. 10203; BM, MO, NY.

BOLIVIA – Chuquisaca • Wood, J.R.I. 19305; K, HSB.

BRAZIL – Bahia • Fonseca, M.R. 1300; HUEFS, NY.

FRENCH GUIANA – Cayenne • Broadway, W.E. 39; GH, NY.

GUYANA – Unknown locality • Hansock 180.A; K.

PERU – Cusco • Gay, M. Cl. s.n.; P.

VENEZUELA – Falcón • Wingfield, R. 7335; K .

Habit

Herb. Native.

Habitat

Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon and Coastal Lowlands; Eastern Highlands: Cerrados, Caatinga and Atlantic Forests, alt. 5‒1500(‒2300) m.

Distribution

Widely distributed in North America, Caribbean Islands, Central America, and South America; adventive in mainland Africa (Sierra Leone and Ghana), the Mascarene Islands, and Southeast Asia (Radcliffe-Smith 1978; Cardiel & Montero-Muñoz 2018; Montero-Muñoz et al. 2018). South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela).

References

Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2015), Cardiel et al. (2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.

Remarks

Acalypha poiretii is reported here for the first time from Peru (Cusco) based on the collection Gay, M.Cl. s.n.; P[P04838744].