Acalypha schiedeana

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• Description
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Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Euphorbiaceae

The Euphorbiaceae are mostly monoecious herbs, shrubs , and trees , sometimes succulent and cactus-like, comprising one of the largest families of plants with about 300 genera and 7,500 species that are further characterized by the frequent occurrence of milky sap . The leaves are mostly alternate but may be opposite or whorled and they are simple , or compound , or sometimes highly reduced. Stipules are generally present but may be reduced to hairs , glands or spines. The flowers are unisexual and usually actinomorphic . They may be highly reduced by suppression of parts, in the extreme form consisting of a naked stamen as a male flower and a naked pistil as a female flower. A specialized type of miniature inflorescence called a cyathium occurs in about 1,500 species comprising the genera Euphorbia and Chamaesyce. The cyathium consists of a single naked pistillate flower surrounded by cymes of naked staminate flowers, each consisting of a single stamen. These flowers are all enclosed in a cup-like involucre that typically is provided with peripheral nectaries and petaloid appendages such that the whole aggregation closely resembles a single flower. In other members of the family the flowers and inflorescences are more ordinary in appearance , with male and female flowers typically bearing a 5-merous calyx and corolla of distinct segments, although the corolla is sometimes absent. In these forms the androecium most commonly consists of 5, 10 or sometimes numerous distinct or monadelphous stamens. The gynoecium of female flowers consists of a single compound pistil of typically 3 carpels, an equal number of styles or primary style branches, and a superior ovary with typically 3 locules, each bearing 1 or 2 collateral , axile-apical pendulous ovules. The fruit is usually a capsular schizocarp. -- Gerald Carr.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Acalypha deppeana Schltdl. • Acalypha ecuadorica Pax & K. Hoffm. • Acalypha garnieri Standl. & L. O. Williams • Acalypha porcina Standl. & L. O. Williams • Acalypha schiedeana f. angustifolia Müll. Arg. • Acalypha schiedeana f. latifoliam Müll. Arg. • Acalypha schiedeana var. angustifolia (Müll. Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffm. • Acalypha schiedeana var. deppeana (Schltdl.) Müll. Arg. • Acalypha schiedeana var. genuina Müll. Arg. • Acalypha schiedeana var. latifolia Müll. Arg. • Acalypha schiedeana var. macrodonta Müll. Arg. • Acalypha schiedeana var. purpusiana Pax & K. Hoffm. • Ricinocarpus schiedeanus (Schltdl.) Kuntze

Notes

Publishing author : Schltdl. Publication : Linnaea 7: 384 1832

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acalypha

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. alopecuroidea (Fox-Tail Copper-Leaf) · A. amentacea (Acalypha) · A. amentacea wilkesiana (Wilkes' Acalypha) · A. aristata (Field Copperleaf) · A. australis (Australian Acalypha) · A. berteriana (Berteron Acalypha) · A. bisetosa (Streambank Copperleaf) · A. californica (California Acalypha) · A. chamaedrifolia (Cat Tails) · A. chamaedryfolia (Bastard Copperleaf) · A. godseffiana 'Firestorm' (Acalypha) · A. godseffiana 'Inferno' (Copper Leaf) · A. gracilens (Slender Copperleaf) · A. gracilens monococca (Slender Threeseed Mercury) · A. hispida (Bristly Copperleaf) · A. indica (India Copper-Leaf) · A. mexicana (Mexican Copperleaf) · A. monococca (Slender Threeseed Mercury) · A. monostachya (Round Cooper-Leaf) · A. neomexicana (New Mexico Copper-Leaf) · A. ostryifolia (Hophornbeam Copperleaf) · A. pendula (Dwarf Chenille) · A. phleoides (Shrubby Copper-Leaf) · A. poiretii (Poiret's Cooper-Leaf) · A. portoricensis (Puerto Rico Copperleaf) · A. radians (Cardinal's Feather) · A. setosa (Cuban Copper-Leaf) · A. virginica (Common Copperleaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Bourbon Street' (South Pacific Copperleaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Ceylon' (Copperleaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Cypress Elf' (Copper Leaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Godseffiana' (Copper Leaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Kona Coast' (Copperleaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Macafeana' (Copper Leaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Macafeeana' (Jacob's Coat) · A. wilkesiana 'Miltoniana' (Copper Leaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Mosaica' (Copper Leaf) · A. wilkesiana 'Obovata' (Copper Leaf) · A. wilksiana 'Hoffmanii' (Irish Petticoat) · A. 'Fairy Dust' (Copper Leaf) · A. 'Inferno' (Acalypha) · A. 'Raggedy Ann' (Copper Leaf)

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Further Reading

• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23 1920-1926 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 1669, p. 631.
• Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 20 1995 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 174, p. 20, p. 99.
• Flora Costaricensis / William Burger, editor. 36 1995 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1995. url p. 164, p. 166, p. 54.
• Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 10 2000 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 364.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 25.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 151, p. 153, p. 167.
• Trees and shrubs of Mexico / By Paul C. Standley. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1920-1926. url p. 1669, p. 631.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 28, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:

• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, SysTax
• The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3454519
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-1160
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14240515
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337783-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1501-2
• MoBot NameID: 12800642
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 714157

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