Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell

, Syn. Fl. West. States 33 (1835), nom. inval.
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337658-1
Publication
Synopsis of the Flora of the Western States
Collation
33
Date of Publication
Jan-Apr 1835
Family as entered in IPNI
Euphorbiaceae

Type Information

Locality
Found by Mr. T. G. Lea, on one of the Kentucky hills opposite Cincinnati. Aug.-Sept.

Nomenclatural Notes

Status: nom. inval. nom. subnud.

(as ostryafolia)

Remarks

Riddell provided a brief description (”The leaves resemble in form, those of Ostrya virginica”) and doubtfully referred to the description of A. caroliniana sensu Elliott (1824), non Walter (1788) (as “probably the A. caroliniana of Elliott, vol. ii. 645. (Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1824)”)