Catalogue and red list of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) from South America Author Cardiel, José María Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, calle Darwin 2, Madrid, 28049, Spain. & Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, calle Darwin 2, Madrid, 28049, Spain. jm.cardiel@uam.es Author Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX 1 3 RB, UK. & Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, 28040, Spain. pablo.munoz@ucm.es Author González-Berdasco, Álvaro Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, calle Darwin 2, Madrid, 28049, Spain. alvarogb61@gmail.com Author Montero-Muñoz, Iris Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, Madrid, 28014, Spain. imontero@rjb.csic.es text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-08-03 886 1 92 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201 journal article 263655 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201 0291f4e5-4544-4d8e-b4bd-94aa3d3486ea 2118-9773 8222657 24. Acalypha cuspidata Jacq. Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones 2: 63, tab. 243 ( Jacquin 1797 ) . ≡ Ricinocarpus cuspidatus (Jacq.) Kuntze ; = Acalypha vestita Benth. ; = A. asterifolia Rusby ; = A. tenuipes Pax & K.Hoffm. ; = A. santae-martae Pax & K.Hoffm. Voucher specimens COLOMBIA – Magdalena • Smith, H.H. 429 ; BM , G , LE , MA . ECUADOR – Guayas • Madsen, J.E. 63938 ; AAU , MA , QCA , QCNE . PERU – Tumbes • Weberbauer, A. 7662 ; F , NY , US . VENEZUELA – Distrito Capital • Pittier, H. 13367 ; G , GH , M , MO , NY , US . Habit Subshrub or shrub. Native. Habitat Northern Andes: Caribe/Pacific Lowland Plains and Hills, Venezuelan Coastal Andes, and Northern Andean Highlands , alt. 30‒1000(‒1300) m. Distribution Mexico , Caribe, and Northern South America ( Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , and Venezuela ). References Cardiel (1995a) , Cardiel & Muñoz-Rodríguez (2012) , Cardiel et al. (2013b) . Provisional conservation status LC. Remarks The specimens previously identified as A calypha plicata from Colombia and Venezuela by Cardiel (1995a , 1999b ), are here considered belonging to A. cuspidata . See the Remarks for this species.