Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hierba del cancer	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha aristata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 93 (1817).
Acalypha alopecuroidea lusus glanduligera Klotzsch in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 102 (1853).
Acalypha alopecuroidea f. glanduligera (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 50 (1865).
Acalypha alopecuroidea lusus hispida Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 50 (1865).
Acalypha alopecuroidea f. polycephala Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 50 (1865).
Ricinocarpus alopecuroidea (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 617 (1891).
Ricinocarpus aristatus (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 617 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha alopecuroidea Jacq.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acalypha alopecuroides Jacq.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acalypha aristata Kunth	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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