African Plant Database


Acalypha indica L.
Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 1003 (1753)  
Information on the genus : Acalypha
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Acalypha indica L. var. indica
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Acalypha somalium Müll. Arg.
=Acalypha somalensis Pax (1894)
 
Taxon infra-specific
Acalypha indica L. var. indica
Acalypha indica var. bailloniana (Müll. Arg.) Hutch.
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Erect, usually simple-stemmed annual, or sometimes a woody subperennial herb or subshrub to 1,2 m tall; stems ribbed, and pubescent along the ribs.
Ecology : Sandy margins of rivers; seasonal water courses and pans; usually in shade of thickets; rocky hillsides, rocky outcrops; often in disturbed ground; weed of cultivation; 0-1330 m alt.
  Senegal? - More or less throughout the Old World tropics; introduced into the warmer parts of the New World.
  See under A. segetalis and A. crenata.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under chg
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Flora of Mozambique
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
 
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