Acalypha lanceolata Willd.

  • Filed As

    Euphorbiaceae
    Acalypha lanceolata Willd.

  • Collector(s)

    T. G. Yuncker 10108, 07 Feb 1940

  • Location

    Niue. near Makefu village.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03925754

    Occurrence ID: bcea049d-c39a-4274-9d28-ee5a9c67e2e4

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  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Niue

  • Locality

    near Makefu village

  • Elevation

    Alt. 20 m. (66 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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The New York Botanical Garden
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HERBARIUM.
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T. G. YUNCKER
TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (OPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1%
Presented to DPI) Herbarium
by T. G. Yuncker
NEVV YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Acalypha boehmerioides Miquel, FI. Ind. Bati^SBl., 459, 1861-62.
Small, finely pubescent, semi-woody plant, branching from the base; up to 60 or more
cm. tall, but mostly somewhat shorter. Leaves alternate, ovate, up to 3 or more cm. long
and 2.5 cm. wide, crenate, veins often red, acute, petiole slender, up to 3 cm. long. Flowers
small, greenish, in spicate, axillary clusters.
An occasional weed along roadsides and in plantations. Native name,
magiho. Christophersen reports ongo ongo as the Samoan name for this
plant. The Niueans gave ogoogo as the name for Fleurya interrupta (L.)
Gaudichaud which bears a superficial resemblance to this species.
10108
Acalyaha boehmerioides Miquel
BOTANICAL
S®ARDEt*,,
Petioles and leaf nerves red. Road
side weed, near Makefu village.
20 m. alt. Feb. 7, 1940.
* magiho1
Com,. T. G. Yuncker
03925754