Acalypha padifolia

Acalypha padifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[3] It is a shrub or small tree that grows in mountain rainforests.[4]

Acalypha padifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subtribe: Acalyphinae
Genus: Acalypha
Species:
A. padifolia
Binomial name
Acalypha padifolia
Synonyms[2]
  • Acalypha andina Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha coriifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Acalypha erythrostachya Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha schimpffii Diels
  • Acalypha tunguraguae Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Ricinocarpus erythrostachyus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
  • Ricinocarpus padifolius (Kunth) Kuntze

References
  1. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2021). "Acalypha padifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T189175415A189175417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T189175415A189175417.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Acalypha padifolia. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species.
  3. (in Spanish) Cardiel, J. M. (2000). Nuevas especies y sinónimos de Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) de Ecuador. Archived November 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Novon 10, 360-65.
  4. Sanz, J. M. C. and P. M. Rodríguez. (2012). Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of continental Ecuador. PhytoKeys (17), 1-17.


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