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

The New York Botanical Garden
Acalypha amentacea Roxb.
ssp. wilkesiana (Muell. Arg.) Fosb.
det. M. Nee, 1999
Introduced ornamental frequently planted m hedges. A common variety
with reddish-green leaves with pink margins is probably variety margmata
Hort. English name, copper leaf.
WOMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
««CHASED BY NY Iff 1S87
DEPAUW UNIV.
HERBARIUM.
HERBARIUM
T.G. YUNCKER 0UJ
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop 'Museum.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
1866.
Wilkesiana Mueller-Argau, DC Prodr. 15(2): 817,
Shrub, up to 2 or more m. tall, branches pubescent. Leaves mostly ovate, serrate, up
to 20 or more cm. long and 15 cm. wide, long petiolate, pubescent, mottled with various
shades of red, yellow and bronzy green, acuminate. Flowers monoecious, small, on slender,
axillary spikes up to 15 or more cm. long.
pttstnted to DPU Herbarium
by T. 6. Yuncker
ACalyoha Wilkesiana M.-A
Leaves green with white and yellow
mottling. Ornamental, Alofi.
20 m. alt. vJan. 28, 1940.
Co“'Wle“fteal
Det.
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