Acalypha gracilens

Acalypha gracilens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Acalypheae
Genus: Acalypha
Species: Acalypha gracilens

Name

Acalypha gracilens A.Gray

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Acalypha virginica var. gracilens (A.Gray) Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 612 (1853).
• Heterotypic
• Acalypha virginica Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 215 (1803), nom. illeg.
• Acalypha virginica var. intermedia Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 612 (1853).
• Acalypha virginica var. ovalifolia Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 612 (1853).
• Acalypha virginica var. ramosa Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 613 (1853).
• Acalypha virginica var. rhombifolia Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 612 (1853).
• Acalypha virginica var. texana Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 613 (1853).
• Acalypha virginica var. fraseri Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 44 (1865).
• Acalypha virginica var. gracilescens Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 44 (1865).
• Acalypha gracilens var. fraseri (Müll.Arg.) Weath., Rhodora 29: 202 (1927).
• Acalypha gracilens var. delzii L.W.Mill., Sida 3: 447 (1969).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Acalypha gracilens Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gray, A. 1848. A Manual of the botany of the Northern United States: from New England to Wisconsin and south to Ohio and Pennsylvania inclusive, (the mosses and liverworts by Wm. S. Sullivant,) arranged according to the natural system. BHL Reference page. : 408.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Acalypha gracilens. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 19 2017.
• The Plant List 2013. Acalypha gracilens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 19.

• Tropicos.org 2017. Acalypha gracilens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Oct. 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Acalypha gracilens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 19. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: slender copperleaf

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