Acalypha virginica L.

EUPHORBIACEAE

- Spurge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Acalypha virginica L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1003 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Virginia threeseed mercury

English name: Virginia copperleaf

English name: Virginia three-seeded-mercury

Italian name: Acalifa della Virginia

German name: virginisches Kupferblatt

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Acalypha virginica L. var. deamii Weath.
2) Acalypha virginica L. var. gracilens (A. Gray) Müll. Arg.
3) Acalypha virginica L. var. monococca (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Müll. Arg.
4) Acalypha virginica L. var. rhomboidea (Raf.) Cooperr.

TAXONOMY

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

Page counter: 696 ( AVG: 223.74 / 293.11 )

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Acalypha virginica
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni - Valmadrera (LC)

Acalypha virginica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, Giardini Pubblici di via Giulia., TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Acalypha virginica
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Acalypha virginica
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni - Valmadrera (LC)

Acalypha virginica
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Acalypha virginica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

Acalypha virginica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 458.

Acalypha virginica
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni - Valmadrera (LC)

Acalypha virginica
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. - Not copyrighted image

Acalypha virginica
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni - Valmadrera (LC)

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV)

Distributional map for Acalypha virginica L.
Map for Acalypha virginica L.
(*) 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 virginica L. var. deamii Weath. [154]
2) Acalypha virginica L. var. gracilens (A. Gray) Müll. Arg. [163]
3) Acalypha virginica L. var. monococca (Engelm. ex A. Gray) Müll. Arg. [154]
4) Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg. [457]
5) Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Britton & Rose [166]
6) Acanthocladium carlottae Schof. [137]
7) Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms [131]
8) Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl [331]
9) Acarospora albida H. Magn. [161]
10) Acarospora epilutescens Zahlbr. [137]

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