Acalypha petiolaris
A species in the Euphorbiaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
View the source recordBotanical classification
Follow a genus or family to explore its other accepted species.
- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Species
- Acalypha petiolaris
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1845
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Acalypha petiolaris. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
27 synonyms in this snapshot
- Acalypha brachiataName author: Krauss
- Acalypha chariensisName author: Beille
- Acalypha haplostylaName author: Pax
- Acalypha haplostyla var. longifoliaName author: De Wild.
- Acalypha hirsutaName author: Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Acalypha languidaName author: E.Mey. & Sond.
- Acalypha rehmanniiName author: Pax
- Acalypha senegalensisName author: Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Acalypha senensisName author: Klotzsch
- Acalypha senensis var. chariensisName author: (Beille) Hutch.
- Acalypha senensis var. haplostylaName author: (Pax) Hutch.
- Acalypha sidifoliaName author: A.Rich.
- Acalypha tenuisName author: Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha tenuis var. eglandulosaName author: Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha tenuis var. glandulosaName author: Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha villicaulisName author: Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha villicaulisName author: Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Acalypha villicaulis var. minorName author: Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha zambesicaName author: Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha zambesica var. brevistylaName author: Beille
- Ricinocarpus languidusName author: Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus petiolarisName author: (Hochst. ex C.Krauss) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus senensisName author: (Klotzsch) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus sidifoliusName author: Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus tenuisName author: (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus villicaulisName author: Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus zambesicusName author: Kuntze
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
Read the directory’s scope