Acalypha hispida Burm. f.

EUPHORBIACEAE

- Spurge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Acalypha hispida Burm. f.

Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Red-hot cat's tail

English name: chenilleplant

English name: Philippine-medusa

German name: roter Katzenschwanz

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Acalypha
Species:

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Acalypha hispida
Flowers at Maui County Fair Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acalypha hispida
Red leaved form at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acalypha hispida
Flowers and leaves at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acalypha hispida
Red leaf form and flowers at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acalypha hispida
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Villa de San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Parque Botanico de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Acalypha hispida
Habit at Deering Park, Florida - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acalypha hispida
Habit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acalypha hispida
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Acalypha hispida
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA+ (Puerto Rico)
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Acalypha indica L. var. mexicana (Müll. Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffm. [187]
2) Acalypha indica Vell., non L. [190]
3) Acalypha lindheimeri Müll. Arg. [160]
4) Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell [481]
5) Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. var. deamii (Weath.) Weath. [172]
6) Acalypha virginica L. var. deamii Weath. [153]
7) Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg. [444]
8) Acanthocladium carlottae Schof. [137]
9) Acanthospermum hispidum DC. [634]
10) Acanthus syriacus Boiss. [337]

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