Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acalypha phleoides Cav. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
yerba del pastor	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha phleoides var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 876 (1866), not validly publ.
Acalypha ehretiifolia Klotzsch ex Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XVI: 27 (1924), nom. illeg.
Acalypha hirta Cav. Anales Hist. Nat. 2: 141 (1801).
Acalypha lindheimeri Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 47 (1865).
Acalypha lindheimeri var. major Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XVI: 26 (1924).
Acalypha pastoris Schrank Denkschr. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 39 (1822).
Acalypha pastoris DC. ex Willd. Enum. Pl.: 993 (1809).
Acalypha phleoides Torr. in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 199 (1859), nom. illeg.
Acalypha phleoides f. dioica McVaugh Brittonia 13: 151 (1961).
Acalypha phleoides var. hirta (Cav.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 876 (1866).
Acalypha prunifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 92 (1817).
Acalypha rubra Willd. Enum. Pl.: 992 (1809).
Ricinocarpus lindheimeri (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus phleoides (Cav.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha phleoides Cav.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acalypha phleoides Cavara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acalypha phleoides Cavara var. genuina Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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