Acalypha stricta Poepp.

77. Acalypha stricta Poepp. Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum quas in Regno Chilensi Peruviano 3: 21 (Poeppig 1841). ≡ Ricinocarpus strictus (Poepp.) Kuntze; = Acalypha urostachya Baill. ≡ R. urostachyus (Baill.) Kuntze; = A. benensis Britton ex Rusby; = A. tomentosula Ule; = A. mapirensis Pax; = A. mapirensis var. scabra Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. mapirensis var. pubescens Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. variegata Rusby; = A. bopiana Rusby. Voucher specimens BOLIVIA – La Paz • Bang, M. 217; BM, C, G, GH, K, M, MA, NY, S, US. BRAZIL – Acre • Daly, D.C. 8233; MO, NY. PERU – San Martín • Belshaw, C.M. 3189; F, GH, K, MO, NY, U, US. Habit Shrub or small tree to 5 m high. Native. Habitat Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont, alt. 100‒1500(‒2500) m. Distribution Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. References 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 page 57, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201, http://zenodo.org/record/822265