Acalypha comonduana Millsp.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• Locality

  mouth of Canada del Quemado, northeastern end of Valle de Los Encinos (south side of Cerro Giganta

• Elevation

  Alt. 750 m. (2461 ft.)

• Coordinates

  26.0917, -111.558

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

COLLECTOR’S NOTE. Valle Je Los Enclnos extends In an ease-west
direction on the southern flank of Cerro Giganta at an eleva-
tion of ca. 700 m. At the upper (eastern) end Is a 3tnall dry
lake area (El Llanito) surrounded hy an extensive stand of Pro-
scpis Palmeri. The central part of the valley has a park-like
cover of Celtis pallida, Prosopis Jullflora, Cercidium peninsu-
lare, Lemaireocereus Thurberi; after heavy summer rains the
floor bears a dense cover of Amaranthus Palmeri. In the sur-
rounding canyons (up to 8i)0 m.) and on the 3lopes ax-e Celtis
reticulata, Quercus tuberculata (restricted to two localities),
Pisonia flavescens, Erythrlna flabelliformis, Mimosa purpuras-
cens, Lysiloma divaricata, Cassia Goldmanii, Jatropha cinerea,
J. veroicosa (at higher elevations), Aralia scopulorum, Hyptls
Emoryi, Lippia barbata, Lemaireocereus Thurberl, Pachycereu3
Pringlei, Alvordia glomerata, and Verbesina peninsularis.
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
Sierra de la Giganta
Acalypha comonduana MiIlsp.
Dupl. det. M.J. Huft, 1987
Shrub up to 1.5 m. tall.
Gentle slopes, mouth of Canada del Quemado, northeast-
ern end of Valle de Los Encinos (south side of Cerro Gi-
ganta).
Altitude ca. 750 m.
Annetta Carter
Reid Moran
ca. 26° 51/à' N., iii° 33^' W*
28 September 1967
Herbarium of the University of California
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