Acalypha brasiliensis Mull. Arg.

15. Acalypha brasiliensis Müll.Arg. nom. cons. Linnaea 34 (1): 37 (Müller Argoviensis 1865). ≡ Ricinocarpus brasiliensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; = Acalypha subsana Mart. ex Colla nom. rej.; = A. brasiliensis var. mollis Müll.Arg.; = A. dupraeana var. arciana Baill. nom. illeg. superfl.; = A. arciana Müll.Arg. ≡ R. arcianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze. Habit Shrub. Native. Habitat Eastern Highlands: Cerrados, Caatinga and Atlantic Forests, alt. 0‒1000(‒1400) m. Distribution Argentina and Brazil. References Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2015), Cardiel et al. (2022b). Provisional conservation status LC. Remarks Acalypha brasiliensis is a morphologically complex species of which numerous infraspecific taxa have been described; three subspecies are currently recognised (Cardiel et al. 2022b).Published as part of Cardiel, José María, Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, González-Berdasco, Álvaro & Montero-Muñoz, Iris, 2023, Catalogue and red list of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) from South America, pp. 1-92 in European Journal of Taxonomy 886 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201, http://zenodo.org/record/822265