Acalypha punctataMeisn. ex Krauss

sticky brooms and brushes

WFO wfo-0000222770 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Acalypha punctata, photographed by James Deacon
fig. a James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-10-26 / obs. 103979082
Acalypha punctata, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. b Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100394059
Acalypha punctata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 41951846
Acalypha punctata, photographed by Lutendo Mudzielwana
fig. d Lutendo Mudzielwana, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 24803668
Acalypha punctata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15973002
Acalypha punctata, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. f Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15831613
Acalypha punctata, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. g Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15352705
Acalypha punctata, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. h Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15193419

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Acalypha punctata is native: Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces Cape ProvincesFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoNorthern Provinces
Native distribution of Acalypha punctata, 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
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Northern Provinces TVL

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 7 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 longifolia E.Mey. ex Pax. & K.Hoffm.
  • Acalypha longifolia Klotzsch ex Baill.
  • Acalypha peduncularis var. punctata (Meisn.) Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha peduncularis var. punctata (Meisn. ex C.Krauss) Müll.Arg.
  • Acalypha punctata var. longifolia Prain
  • Acalypha punctata var. punctata
  • Acalypha punctata var. rogersii Prain

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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