Acalypha aristata Kunth GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Acalypha

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Subfamily:

Acalyphoideae

Tribe:

Acalypheae

Subtribe:

Acalyphinae

Nomen number:

476833

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:74[folio]; 2:93[quarto]. 1817

Verified:

03/04/2016 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Acalypha arvensis Poepp.

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Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Cardiel Sanz, J. M. 1995. Las especies herbáceas de Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) de Colombia. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 52:152. Note: = Acalypha. arvensis Poepp.
Cardiel Sanz, J. M. 1999. Contribuciones a la flora de Venezuela: Revisión del género Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae). Acta Bot. Venez. 22:272. Note: = Acalypha arvensis Poepp.
Cardiel Sanz, J. M. 2007. Catálogo de las especies peruanas de Acalypha Linnaeus (Euphorbiaceae). Fontqueria 55:407. Note: = Acalypha arvensis Poepp.
Chen, S. H. et al. 2009. Notes on two newly naturalized plants in Taiwan: Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.(Convolvulaceae) and Acalypha aristata Kunth (Euphorbiaceae). Taiwania 54:275-277.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource). Note: = Acalypha. arvensis Poepp.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica Note: mentions
Martínez Gordillo, M. et al. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México (Parte D). Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 73:260.

Common names

Spanish
cordiemiento –
yerba del cáncer –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Acre
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso do Sul
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Barinas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Federal District
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Lara
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Merida
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Miranda
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Portuguesa
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Trujillo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Cochabamba
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	El Beni
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	La Paz
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Santa Cruz
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Los Ríos
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Sucumbíos
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Huánuco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Junín
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Madre de Dios
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martín
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Ucayali
4	Naturalized					natzd. elsewhere

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosí]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Merida, Amazonas, Barinas, Miranda, Portuguesa, Federal District, Lara, Trujillo]
BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz], Colombia, Ecuador [Los Ríos, Napo, Sucumbíos], Peru [Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martín, Ucayali]

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	folklore	as A. arvensis	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs

Taxon: Acalypha aristata Kunth