Acalypha chamaedrifolia

Characteristics
Dicots
Acalypha chamaedrifolia (Lam.)Müll.Arg.
BASTARD COPPERLEAF
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Native
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Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Acalypha chamaedrifolia (Lam.)Müll.Arg. - BASTARD COPPERLEAF
Citation
ACALYPHA CHAMAEDRIFOLIA (Lamarck) Müller Argoviensis, in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 879. 1866.
Croton chamaedrifolius Lamarck 1786.
JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica t. 82(3). 1707). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 2: 7. 1989.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Hillsborough
USF
 
Martin
USF
 
Miami-Dade
USF
 
Monroe Keys
FLAS
 
Monroe Mainland
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
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Basionym
Type
Acalypha chamaedrifolia var. brevipes
Acalypha chamaedrifolia (Lamarck) Müller Argoviensis, var. brevipes (Müller Argoviensis) Müller Argoviensis, in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 879. 1866.
BASIONYM: Acalypha reptans Swartz, var. brevipes Müller Argoviensis 1865.
 
Acalypha chamaedrifolia var. genuina
Acalypha chamaedrifolia (Lamarck) Müller Argoviensis, var. genuina Müller Argoviensis, in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 879. 1866, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Acalypha chamaedrifolia (Lamarck) Müller Argoviensis 1866; Croton chamaedrifolius Lamarck 1786.
 
Acalypha corchorifolia
Acalypha corchorifolia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 524. 1805.
 
TYPE: MARTINIQUE:
Acalypha reptans
Acalypha reptans Swartz, Prodr. 99. 1788, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Croton chamaedrifolius Lamarck 1786.
 
Acalypha reptans var. brevipes
Acalypha reptans Swartz, var. brevipes Müller Argoviensis, Linnaea 34: 48. 1865.
 
 
Acalypha reptans var. genuina
Acalypha reptans Swartz, var. genuina Müller Argoviensis, Linnaea 34: 48. 1865, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Acalypha reptans Swartz 1788, nom. illegit.; Croton chamaedrifolius Lamarck 1786.
 
Croton chamaedrifolius
Croton chamaedrifolius Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 215. 1786.
 
TYPE: JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica t. 82(3). 1707). Lectotypified by Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 2: 7. 1989.
Ricinocarpus chamaedrifolius
Ricinocarpus chamaedrifolius (Lamarck) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 617. 1891.
BASIONYM: Croton chamaedrifolius Lamarck 1786.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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