PLANTS Profile for Acalypha hispida (red-hot cat's tail)

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PLANTS Profile

Acalypha hispida Burm. f.
red-hot cat's tail

Symbol:

ACHI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:


Common Names:
	bristly copperleaf

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Acalypha hispida Burm. f.

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Distribution:
Acalypha hispida Burm. f.


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Related Taxa:
Acalypha hispida Burm. f.

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 23 species in Acalypha

Classification:
Acalypha hispida Burm. f.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Acalypha L. – copperleaf
Species	Acalypha hispida Burm. f. – red-hot cat's tail

Introduced Information:
Acalypha hispida Burm. f.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Acalypha hispida Burm. f.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182114.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 08:46 PM MST