Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg.

The New York Botanical Garden
Cultivated Plants of U.S.A.
Euphorbiaceae Acalypha wilkesiana (Muell. Arg.) Fosb.
“Obovata”
New York state, Bronx Co., Bronx, New York
Botanical Garden, Nolen Greenhouses, collections.
40°51’25”N, 73°52’28”W. alt. 17 m.
“87/2007C
EX L 27/2007
Source Unknown”
Shrub 1 m. tall. Leaves rimmed with bright pink. Plant
monoecious, but twigs are variously provided with
staminate or pistillate inflorescences or both; staminate
inflorescence orange-green; bracts of pistillate flowers red.
Coll.: M. Nee 57898
20 May 2011
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