Acalypha villosa var. latiuscula Pax & K.Hoffm.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Andrés Ibáñez Prov.

• Locality

  Along Brecha 5, 1 km E of highway from Santa Cruz to Abapó(at "km 38")

• Elevation

  Alt. 465 m. (1526 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.07, -63.18

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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The New York Botanical Garden
Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha villosa Jacq.
det. M. Nee, 1999
Revisiôn de Acalypha L. para el Neotrôpico
Confirmavit
J. M. Cardiel (Real Jardin Botânico, Madrid) 2001
Bolivia. Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Andrés Ibanez: Along
Brecha 5, 1 km E of highway from Santa Cruz to Abapô
(at "km 38").
18°04’S, 63°11’W. Alt. 465 m.
Somewhat rolling, probably old dune fields. Somewhat
disturbed remnant of tall chaco forest with Phyllostylon,
Pterogyne nitens. Soil sandy.
Shrub 1.5 m tall. Male inflorescences yellow-green,
numerous, a few branches on this shrub with female
inflorescences or with some male and some female
inflorescences, the females being much the less
conspicuous.
Coll.: M. Nee 47951
14 Jan 1998
Supported by the Fulbright Foundation
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