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Acalypha polymorpha Müll.Arg.

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Publication: J. Bot. 2: 335. 1864     Infra-gen: Acalypha

Name status: accepted       Fide: Cardiel et al. (2025)

Synonyms: [show results...] Acalypha crotonoides Pax Acalypha crotonoides var. caudata Hutch. ex R.E.Fr. Acalypha goetzei Pax & K.Hoffm. Acalypha polymorpha var. elliptica Müll.Arg. Acalypha polymorpha var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. Acalypha polymorpha var. sericea Müll.Arg. Acalypha shirensis Hutch. in Pax & K.Hoffm. Acalypha stuhlmannii Pax Ricinocarpus polymorphus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze    include invalid names

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DISTRIBUTION		view specimens
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda). SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe). WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA (Burundi, D.R Congo, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda).

TYPE INFORMATION		view in digital library
Type/s
Locality:	[AFRICA] Angola, Benguela, Nov 1859.
Collection/s:	F. Welwitsch 429.
Herbarium/a:	Lectotype (designated by Cardiel et al. 2025): GDC barcode G00324332; isolectotype: LISU barcode LISU223944.
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IMAGES

East African Plants

IMAGES OF TYPE SPECIMENS

G00324332 LISU223944

IMAGES UNDER SYNONYMS

LISU223946 LISU223945

Usage of the data hosted in this web server implies the explicit indication of the source,
as follows: Cardiel, J.M., Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Montero-Muñoz, I., Gamarra, R. & Ortúñez,
E. Acalypha Taxonomic Information System, www.acalypha.es [Date of request].