Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha macrostachya
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Acalypha
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Synonyms
- Acalypha amplifolia Rusby
- Acalypha callosa Benth.
- Acalypha cancana Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha caucana Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha caucana Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Acalypha caudata Kunth
- Acalypha cucullata Poir.
- Acalypha fertilis Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Acalypha foliosa Rusby
- Acalypha heterodonta Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heterodonta var. hirsuta Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heterodonta var. psilocarpa Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heterodonta var. psiloclada Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heterodonta var. trichoclada Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha heteromorpha Rusby
- Acalypha hicksii L.Riley
- Acalypha hirsutissima Willd.
- Acalypha lehmanniana Pax
- Acalypha macrophylla Kunth
- Acalypha macrophylla Kunth ex Poepp.
- Acalypha macrostachya f. androgyna Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya f. macrophylla (Kunth) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya f. puberula Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya f. tristis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya f. tristis (Poepp.) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. genuina Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. hirsutissima (Willd.) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. macrophylla (Kunth) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. puberula Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. sidifolia (Kunth) Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha macrostachya var. tristis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha neogranatensis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha obtusifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Acalypha piperoides Klotzsch ex Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Acalypha seemannii Klotzsch
- Acalypha sidifolia Kunth
- Acalypha tarapotensis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha tristis Poepp. & Endl.
- Ricinocarpus callosus Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus cancanus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
and 4 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to May (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francisco Emilio Roldán Velasco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.