48. Acalypha muelleriana Urb.

Symbolae Antillanae: seu fundamenta florae Indiae occidentalis 1: 338 (Urban 1899).

= Linostachys urticifolia Klotzsch ex Schltdl.; = Acalypha colombiana Cardiel.

Voucher specimens

COLOMBIA – Meta • Philipson, W.R. 1864; BM, COL.

VENEZUELA – Yaracuy • Steyermark, J.A. 105301; DAV, F, MO, NY, VEN.

Habit

Shrub or small tree. Native.

Habitat

Northern Andes: Northern Andean Highlands, alt. (100‒) 500‒1000 m.

Distribution

Central America and Northern South America (Colombia and Venezuela).

Reference

Muñoz-Rodríguez et al. (2014).

Provisional conservation status

LC.