Acalypha monococca

Acalypha monococca

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 monococca

Name

Acalypha monococca (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Lill.W.Mill. & Gandhi, Sida 13(1): 123 (1988).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acalypha gracilens var. monococca Engelm. ex A.Gray, Manual (Gray), ed. 2. 390 (1856).
    • Type: United States, Banks of the Mississippi near St. Louis, 1844-09 - 1844-10, G. Engelmann #s.n.. Holotype: GH GH00045317; Isotype: WIS WISv0255769WIS.
• Homotypic
  • Acalypha gracilens subsp. monococca (Engelm. ex A.Gray) G.L.Webster, J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 373 (1967).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Miller, L.W. & Gandhi, K.N. 1988. Nomenclatural changes in Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) and Chamaecrista (Fabaceae). Sida 13(1): 122–123. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gray, A. 1856. A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States. Second Edition. New York: George P. Putnam & Co. BHL Reference page. : 390

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Acalypha monococca. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acalypha monococca. Published online. Accessed: May 09 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Acalypha monococca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Acalypha monococca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 May 2019.

Vernacular names

English: slender threeseed mercury

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