Acalypha communisMüll.Arg.

WFO wfo-0000840057 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Acalypha communis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. a Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / 2013-12-08 / obs. 156701102
Acalypha communis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. b Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156701259
Acalypha communis, photographed by Facundo Chieffo
fig. c Facundo Chieffo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174838430
Acalypha communis, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. d Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168212272
Acalypha communis, photographed by RAP
fig. e RAP, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187982032
Acalypha communis, photographed by RAP
fig. f RAP, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179039988
Acalypha communis, photographed by Tomás Carranza Perales
fig. g Tomás Carranza Perales, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169904546
Acalypha communis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. h aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10994643

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Acalypha communis is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Acalypha communis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acalypha agrestis Morong
  • Acalypha amphigyne S.Moore
  • Acalypha apicalis N.E.Br.
  • Acalypha betuloides Klotzsch ex Baill.
  • Acalypha communis f. grandifolia Chodat & Hassl.
  • Acalypha communis f. longipetiolata Chodat & Hassl.
  • Acalypha communis var. agrestis Chodat
  • Acalypha communis var. guaranitica Chodat & Hassl.
  • Acalypha communis var. hirtiformis Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Acalypha communis var. intermedia Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha communis var. obscura Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha communis var. puberula Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha communis var. salicifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Acalypha communis var. saltensis Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Acalypha communis var. tomentella Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha communis var. tomentosa Chodat & Hassl.
  • Acalypha communis var. tomentosa Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha friesii Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Acalypha gracilis Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha gracilis Griseb.
  • Acalypha paraguariensis Chodat & Hassl.
  • Acalypha punctata D.Parodi
  • Acalypha tracheliifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.
  • Acalypha virgata Vell.

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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