Acalypha stachyura Pax

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Cochabamba

• County/Municipio

  Chapare Prov.

• Locality

  vic. Hotel Victoria, 4.7 km S of Rio Espiritu Santo bridge and 6.6 km S of Gumucio bridge over the same river, on road from Villa Tunari to Cochamba

• Elevation

  Alt. 325 m. (1066 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17, -65.43

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Euphorbiaceae Acalypha stachyura Pax
det. M. Nee, 2006
Depto. Cochabamba, Prov. Chapare, vie. Hotel Victoria,
4.7 km. S of Río Espíritu Santo bridge and 6.6 km. S of
Gumucio bridge over the same river, on road from Villa
Tunari to Cochabamba.
17°00’S, 65°26’W. alt. 325 m.
Lowland tropical rainforest and edges, disturbed but still
with some of original canopy trees, with Heliconia rostrata,
H. aemygdiana, H. stricta, Gurania lobata, G. acuminata,
G. eriantha, Piper heterophyllum, Costus scaber.
Common in secondary growth. Shrub 2.2 m. tall, but gets to
3.5 m. tall here. Sap milky. Monoecious; terminal spike (if
present) female at base, male at tip, the female bracts green
at all stages; male spikes may, ascending.
Coll.: M. Nee & Jun Wen 53955
30 Jan. 2006
03924846