Acalypha cuneata Poepp.

23. Acalypha cuneata Poepp. Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum quas in Regno Chilensi Peruviano 3: 21 (Poeppig 1841). ≡ Ricinocarpus cuneatus (Poepp.) Kuntze ≡ Acalypha obovata var. cuneata (Poepp.) J.F.Macbr.; = A. obovata Benth. ≡ A. cuneata var. obovata (Benth.) Müll.Arg.; = A. eggersii Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. erosa Rusby; = A. juruana Ule. Voucher specimens BOLIVIA – La Paz • Beck, S. 8545; DAV, LPB, MO, NY. BRAZIL – Rondônia • Cid-Ferreira, C.A. 4983; K, MO, NY, RB. COLOMBIA – Antioquia • Barkley, F.A. 18C336; BM, MEDEL. ECUADOR – Napo • Zaruma, J. 381; F, MO, QCA, QCNE. PERU – Madre de Dios • Gentry, A.H. 27284; AAU, MO, NY. VENEZUELA – Yaracuy • Agostini, G. 1758; DAV, F, MO, NY, VEN. Habit Shrub or small tree to 8 m high. Native. Habitat Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont, Guianan Shield Moist Forests, and Amazon and Coastal Lowlands, alt. (10‒)100‒1200(‒1800) m. Distribution Central America, Caribe, and Northern South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). References Cardiel (1995a), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012), Cardiel et al. (2013b, 2022b). Provisional conservation status LC.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 24-25, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201, http://zenodo.org/record/822265