Acalypha amentacea subsp. wilkesiana (Müll.Arg.) Fosberg

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Andrés Ibáñez Prov.

• Locality

  Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Barrio Macdonald, ca. 1.5 km N of center of the city

• Elevation

  Alt. 420 m. (1378 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17.765, -63.185

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Euphorbiaceae Acalypha amentacea Roxb.
ssp. wilkesiana (Müll. Arg.) Fosb.
det. M. Nee, 2004
DEPTO. Santa Cruz, Prov. A. IBANEZ: Santa Cruz de la
Sierra, Barrio Macdonald, ca. 1.5 km N of center of the city.
Residential area on sandy soil.
17°45.9’S, 63°11.1’W alt. 420 m.
Ornamental shrub 1.5 m. tall. Leaves irregularly blotched
with yellow-green and many of them deformed; I find this
cultivar to be more grotesque than attractive. Stigmas red, not
very showy.
Coll.: M. Nee 52825
24 July 2004
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
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