Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acalypha virginica L. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
virginia copperleaf	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
virginia three-seeded-mercury	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
virginia threeseed mercury	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha brevipes Raf. New Fl. 1: 44 (1836).
Acalypha caroliniana Walter Fl. Carol.: 238 (1788).
Acalypha crenulata Raf. New Fl. 1: 44 (1836).
Acalypha digyneia Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 112 (1817).
Acalypha echinata Raf. New Fl. 1: 45 (1836).
Acalypha urticifolia Raf. New Fl. 1: 45 (1836), nom. illeg.
Acalypha virginea Dragend. Heilpfl.: 380 (1898).
Acalypha virginica var. angustifolia Torr. Fl. New York 2: 173 (1843).
Acalypha virginica var. genuina Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 44 (1865), not validly publ.
Acalypha virginica f. intermedia Millsp. Fl. W. Virginia: 436 (1892), nom. illeg.
Acalypha virginica f. intermedia Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 44 (1865), nom. illeg.
Acalypha virginica f. purpurea Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 27 (1923).
Ricinocarpus digyneius (Raf.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 617 (1891).
Ricinocarpus urticifolius (Raf.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus virginicus (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha virginica L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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