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|accepted_name=Acalypha phleoides
|accepted_authority=Cavanilles
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Anales Hist. Nat.
|place=2: 139. 1800
|year=1800
}}
|common_names=Shrubby copperleaf
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Acalypha lindheimeri
|authority=Müller Arg.
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=A. lindheimeri var. major
|authority=Pax & K. Hoffmann
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha phleoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Acalypha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Acalypha phleoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 164, 166
|treatment_page=page 165
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, 2–5 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, short-pubescent and hirsute. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.2–1 cm; blade rhombic-ovate to ovate, or proximal suborbiculate, 2–6 × 1–3 cm, base acute to rounded, margins serrate to crenate-serrate, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, terminal; peduncle 0.3–0.5(–1) cm, pistillate portion 4–7 × 1.6–2 cm, staminate portion 0.5–3.5 cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers rarely present, replacing all or part of staminate portion of inflorescence. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts (normal flowers) loosely arranged (inflorescence axis visible between bracts), 8–12 × 7–11 mm, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent and stipitate-glandular; lobes (3–)5–7(–8), triangular to attenuate, 1/5–1/3 bract length or terminal lobe longer; of allomorphic flowers absent. <b>Pedicels</b> of allomorphic flowers 3–5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 3-carpellate (normal flowers), 2-carpellate (allomorphic flowers); styles multifid or laciniate. <b>Capsules</b> muricate, pubescent; allomorphic fruits obovoid, 2 × 1.5 mm, muricate, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 1.5–2 mm, minutely pitted. <b>2n</b> = 40 (Mexico).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Rocky areas, grasslands, oak, pine, or juniper woodlands.
|elevation=100–2600 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America (Guatemala).
|discussion=<p>Plants from the United States have nearly always been called <i>Acalypha</i> lindheimeri, distinguished from <i>A. phleoides</i> on the basis of leaf shape and bract lobing. Although plants from Texas generally can be distinguished from plants from central Mexico southward, plants from intervening regions in the United States and Mexico include a full range of intermediates (G. A. Levin 1999b).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Acalypha phleoides
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Acalypha lindheimeri;A. lindheimeri var. major
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Rocky areas, grasslands, oak, pine, or juniper woodlands.
|elevation=100–2600 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America (Guatemala).
|reference=None
|publication title=Anales Hist. Nat.
|publication year=1800
|special status=
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|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha phleoides
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