Acalypha communis subsp. paraguariensis (Chodat & Hassl.) Cardiel & P.Muñoz

Acalypha communis, Muell. Arg., var. hirta, Mnell. Arg. in Mart.
FI. Bras., xi, pt. 2, 350.
Asuncion (189). November.
Suffruticose, usually not quite a metre in height, b-ut sometimes
growing into a shrub 2-2^ m. high. A very variable species as to
pubescence,, shapp of leaves, length of petioles, and thickness of the
spikes.*' The form growing in old fields and by the 'wayside at
Asuncion (var, hirta, Muell. Arg.) has lanceolate leaves, acute at'
the apex, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, crenate-serrate,
sparsely pubescent, 5-9 cm. long and 1-2 cm broad, on petioles 1-3
cm. long; stems Covered with long spreading hairs and also a close
retrorse tomentum. The form on the Pilcomayo has broad ovate
leaves, cuneate or rounded at base, and petioles sometimes 8 cm.
long; stems with long, scattered, spreading hairs. Staminate spikes
slender, 2—6 cm. long, usually on the stem below the pistillate, both
kinds numerous. Pistillate spikes and flowers much larger than
the staminate. The long exserted, rose-fed and thread-like fringed,
styles are quite ornamental, and lend a beauty to this rough weed
which it would not otherwise possess.
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Revisión de Acalypha L. para el Neotrópico
Acalypha communis subps. paraguariensis (Chodat
& Hassl.) Cardiel & P. Muñoz
J.M. Cardiel (UAM) 2012	www.acalypha.es
PLANTS OF SOUTH AMERICA.
Collected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
Central Paraguay.
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