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Details for: TARS 4886,
Acalypha hispida
Burm. f., Red-hot cat's tail
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Acalypha hispida
Burm. f.
Top Name:
Red-hot cat's tail
Origin:
Collected – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1935
Form Received:
Plant
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TARS 4886 PL
Distributed as: Cuttings, Available: Year-round
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Acalypha hispida
Burm. f.
Top Name:
Red-hot cat's tail
Origin:
Collected – Puerto Rico, United States
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
1935
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Collected
1935.
Puerto Rico, United States
Accession Names and Identifiers
Red-hot cat's tail
Type: Local name
Group: MISC.TARS
Narrative
Acalypha hispida
Burm. f.
Genus:
Acalypha
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Acalyphoideae
Tribe:
Acalypheae
Subtribe:
Acalyphinae
Nomen number:
316293
Place of publication:
Fl. indica 303. 1768
Verified:
10/18/1991
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonym(s)
Acalypha hispida
Burm. f. var.
hispida
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acalypha hispida
Burm. f. var.
sanderi
(N. E. Br.) J. J. Sm.
Acalypha sanderi
N. E. Br.
Acalypha sanderiana
K. Schum.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
chenilleplant
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
Philippine-medusa
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
red-cattail
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
red-hot-cattail
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
German
roter Katzenschwanz
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Swedish
kattsvans
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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