View source for Acalypha poiretii

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|accepted_name=Acalypha poiretii
|accepted_authority=Sprengel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Veg.
|place=3: 879. 1826
|year=1826
|other_info_on_pub=(as poireti)
}}
|common_names=Poiret’s copperleaf
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Acalypha macrostachyos
|authority=Poiret
|rank=species
|publication_title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication_place=6: 208. 1804
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha poiretii
|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 poiretii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 164
|treatment_page=page 169
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 1–4 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, pubescent and sparsely hirsute. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–4.5 cm; blade ovate to elliptic, 2–5 × 1–3.5 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins serrate-crenate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, axillary; peduncle 0.1–0.5 cm, pistillate portion 2–4 × 0.8–1.2 cm (shorter on proximal inflorescences), staminate portion 0.3–1 cm; allomorphic pistillate flowers common, terminal on staminate portion of inflorescences. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts (normal flowers) crowded (inflorescence axis not visible between bracts), 4–5 × 6–8 mm, abaxial surface pubescent and sparsely stipitate-glandular; lobes 7–9, triangular, 1/5 bract length; of allomorphic flowers absent. <b>Pedicels</b> of allomorphic flowers rudimentary. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 3-carpellate (normal flowers), 1-carpellate (allomorphic flowers); styles unbranched. <b>Capsules</b> smooth, pubescent; allomorphic fruits obovoid, 1.2–1.5 × 1–1.2 mm, muricate, pubescent. <b>Seeds</b> 1.2–1.5 mm, minutely pitted.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed areas.
|elevation=10–100 m.
|distribution=Tex.;c;e Mexico;Central America (Guatemala);introduced West Indies;South America;Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Acalypha poiretii</i> is known in the flora area from the lower Rio Grande valley (Cameron, Hidalgo, and Starr counties). It was collected in the late nineteenth century on ballast dumps in Alabama, Florida, and New Jersey, but has not been reported again from any of these states.</p><!--
--><p>Some authors (for example, R. Govaerts et al. 2000) have treated <i>Acalypha poiretii</i> and <i>A. alnifolia</i> Poiret as synonyms, in which case the latter would be the correct name for this species; however, the types of the two names clearly belong to different species.</p>
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name=Acalypha poiretii
|authority=Sprengel
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Acalypha macrostachyos
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late summer–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed areas.
|elevation=10–100 m.
|distribution=Tex.;c;e Mexico;Central America (Guatemala);introduced West Indies;South America;Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1826
|special status=
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|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha poiretii
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