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Acalypha hispida - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Acalypha hispida - Inflorescence close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence close-up; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Acalypha hispida - Inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences; Nigeria; 8/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Acalypha hispida - Inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences; Florianopolis, Brazil; 12/2020 © Ralf Germer

Acalypha hispida - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Acalypha hispida - Leaves - Click to enlarge!

Leaves; Florianopolis, Brazil; 12/2020 © Ralf Germer

Acalypha hispida - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Florianopolis, Brazil; 12/2020 © Ralf Germer

Acalypha hispida - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 944
Date of entry: 05.10.2008
Last update: 30.07.2023

Common name

English: Red-hot cat's-tail

German: Roter Katzenschwanz

Mandarin: 红穗铁苋菜 (hong sui tie xian cai)

Portuguese: Rabo de gato

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malpighiales (120)

        Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)

          Genus: Acalypha (2)

            Epithet: hispida Burm.f. (1)

Synonym: Acalypha densiflora

densiflora => dense-flowered

hispida => with stiff hairs or bristles

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red

External links

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