Acalypha cuneata Poepp.

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Acalypha obovata Bentham, though petioles too long, as
the species is described in Flora Peru.
Robert Koeppen	9 December 1992
PLANTS OF PERU
Dept, de Loreto
Acalypha
Det.
Locality Miraflores (logging camp)
30 km. above PUCALLPA, on Rio Ucayali,
Prov. de Coronel Portillo
Lat. 8 • 26 ’ S., Long. 74 » 5 ’ W.
Occurrence Occasional in undergrowth in
tall rairvforest on ffoód-plam of river with relativélv
sparse undergrowth largely of Scitamineae
Date Nov. 3. 1947 Alt. 180 m.(estimated)
Coll. F.R. Fosberg No- 28971
Remarks Shrub 2.5 m. tall, diffusely branching
(leaves on younger growth much larger).
1947 Cinchona Expedition
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