Muñoz, Iris Montero;Levin, Geoffrey A.;Cardiel, José María
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Observations recorded2,687
General: Acalypha species. The specific epithet hispida derives from
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 636
- With media
- 463
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, CICY, UNICACH, INECOL, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, ENCB-IPN
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
Acalypha hispida, the chenille plant, is a flowering shrub which belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae, the subfamily Acalyphinae, and the genus Acalypha. Acalypha is the fourth largest genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, and contains many plants native to Oceania.
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acalypha hispida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.