Acalypha multicaulis Mull. Arg.

49. Acalypha multicaulis Müll.Arg. nom. cons. prop. in prep. Linnaea 34 (1): 53 (Müller Argoviensis 1865). ≡ Ricinocarpus multicaulis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; = Acalypha pruriens Nees & Mart. nom. rej. prop. ≡ R. pruriens (Nees & Mart.) Kuntze; = A. ruderalis Mart. ex Colla nom. rej. prop.; = A. tenuicaulis Baill.; = A. multicaulis var. tomentella Müll.Arg.; = A. lagoensis Müll.Arg.; Kuntze; = A. multicaulis var. tenuispica Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. multicaulis var. glabrescens Pax & K.Hoffm. Voucher specimens ARGENTINA – Entre Ríos • Burkart, A. 20613; MO, SI. BRAZIL – Ceará • Barros, F. 1782; MAUAM, SP. PARAGUAY – Paraguarí • Fiebrig, K. 898; BM, F, GH, K. URUGUAY – Paraguarí • Legrand, C.D. 329; F. Habit Subshrub or shrub. Native. Habitat Eastern Highlands: Cerrados, Caatinga, and Atlantic Forests; Gran Chaco: Humid Chaco; Pampas: Northern Rolling Pampas, alt. (40‒)200‒1000(‒1200) m. Distribution Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. References Cardiel et al. (2013b, 2022b), Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2015). Provisional conservation status LC. Remarks A proposal to conserve the name Acalypha multicaulis against A. pruriens and A. ruderalis has been recently presented (Cardiel et al. 2023).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 40-41, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201, http://zenodo.org/record/822265