Acalypha villosa Jacq.

84. Acalypha villosa Jacq. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum 32 (Jacquin 1760). ≡ Ricinocarpus villosus (Jacq.) Kuntze; = Acalypha carthagenensis Jacq. ≡ R. carthagenensis (Jacq.) Kuntze; = Gymnalypha jacquini Griseb.; = A. linostachya Baill.; = A. villosa var. intermedia Müll. Arg.; = A. villosa var. tomentosa Müll.Arg.; = A. villosa f. paniculata Müll.Arg. ≡ A. villosa var. paniculata (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. villosa var. trichopoda Müll.Arg.; = A. subvillosa Müll. Arg. ≡ R. subvillosus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; = A. williamsii Rusby [1920] nom. inval.; = A. karsteniana Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. villosa var. latiuscula Pax & K.Hoffm.; = A. rusbyi Dorr. Voucher specimens ARGENTINA – Salta • Meyer, T. 4864; BM, F. BOLIVIA – La Paz • Buchtien, O. 3809; F, GH, NY, US. BRAZIL – Ceará • Gardner, G. 1838; G, K, NY. COLOMBIA – Norte de Santander • Barkley, F.A. 18NS095; COL, MEDEL, US. ECUADOR – Los Ríos • Dodson, C.H. 5845; AAU, MO, SEL, US. GUYANA – Potaro-Siparuni • Hahn, W. 5713; CAY, NY, U, US. PARAGUAY – Amambay • Hassler, E. 7859; BM, F, GH, K, MO, NY, W. PERU – Amazonas • Hutchinson, P.C. 4450; F, GH, K, M, MO, NY, US. VENEZUELA – Barinas • Breteler, F.J. 4249; COL, F, G, M, NY, S, U, US. Habit Shrub or small tree to 5 m high. Native. Habitat Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills, Venezuelan Coastal Andes, and Northern Andean Highlands; Central Andes: Yungas; Amazonian-Orinocan Lowland: Amazon Irregular Plains and Piedmont; Eastern Highlands: Guianan Highlands, Cerrados, Caatinga and Atlantic Forests, alt. 50‒1500(‒2300) m. Distribution Widely distributed from Mexico to South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela). References Cardiel (1995a), Muñoz-Rodríguez et al. (2014), Cardiel et al. (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 61-62, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201, http://zenodo.org/record/822265