Acalypha wilkesiana Mull. Arg.

87. Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15 (2): 817 (Müller Argoviensis 1866). Voucher specimens BOLIVIA – La Paz • Solomon, J.C. 14276; LPB, MO. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Coe Teixeira, B. 261; SP. COLOMBIA – Valle del Cauca • Duque, J.M. 4372; COL. ECUADOR – Imbabura • Cerón, C.E. 7158; QCNE, MO. GUYANA – Northwest District • De La Cruz, J.S. 3801; F, GH, NY. PARAGUAY – Central • Pérez, B. 1034; MO. PERU – Loreto • Williams, L. 2010; F, US. VENEZUELA – Bolívar • López-Palacios, S. 4344; NY. Habit Shrub. Introduced. Distribution Native to the Melanesian Island of Fiji (Sagun et al. 2010); introduced as ornamental throughout the tropics and frequently naturalised. South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela). References Sagun et al. (2010), 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 63-64, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201, http://zenodo.org/record/822265