The following species in the flowering plant genus Acalypha are accepted by Plants of the World Online.[1] A taxonomically relevant feature of the genus is the presence of epidermal crystals in their leaves.[2]
Acalypha monococca(Engelm. ex A.Gray) Lill.W.Mill. & Gandhi
Acalypha monostachyaCav.
Acalypha mortonianaLundell
Acalypha muellerianaUrb.
Acalypha multicaulisMüll.Arg.
Acalypha multifidaN.E.Br.
Acalypha multispicataS.Watson
Acalypha mutisiiCardiel
Acalypha nana(Müll.Arg.) Griseb. ex Hutch.
Acalypha neeanaCardiel & P.Muñoz
Acalypha nemorumF.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.
Acalypha neomexicanaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha neptunicaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha nervulosaAiry Shaw
Acalypha noronhaeRidl.
Acalypha novoguineensisWarb.
Acalypha nubicolaMcVaugh
Acalypha nusbaumeriI.Montero & Cardiel
Acalypha nyasicaHutch.
Acalypha oblancifoliaLundell
Acalypha obscuraMüll.Arg.
Acalypha ocymoidesKunth
Acalypha oliganthaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha oligodontaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha omissaPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha oreopolaGreenm.
Acalypha ornataHochst. ex A.Rich.
Acalypha oxyodonta(Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
Acalypha padifoliaKunth
Acalypha pallescensUrb.
Acalypha palmeriPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha pancherianaBaill.
Acalypha paniculataMiq.
Acalypha papillosaRose
Acalypha parvulaHook.f.
Acalypha patensMüll.Arg.
Acalypha paucifoliaBaker & Hutch.
Acalypha pauperculaPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha peckoltiiMüll.Arg.
Acalypha pedemontanaCardiel & I.Montero
Acalypha peduncularisMeisn. ex C.Krauss
Acalypha pendulaC.Wright ex Griseb.
Acalypha perrieriLeandri
Acalypha persimilisMüll.Arg.
Acalypha peruvianaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha pervilleanaBaill.
Acalypha phleoidesCav.
Acalypha phyllonomifoliaAiry Shaw
Acalypha pilosaCav.
Acalypha pippeniiMcVaugh
Acalypha pittieriPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha platyphyllaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha pleiogyneAiry Shaw
Acalypha plicataMüll.Arg.
Acalypha pohlianaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha poiretiiSpreng.
Acalypha polymorphaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha polystachyaJacq.
Acalypha portoricensisMüll.Arg.
Acalypha pruinosaUrb.
Acalypha pruriensNees & Mart.
Acalypha psamofilaCardiel, M.Nee & P.M.Rodr.
Acalypha pseudalopecuroidesPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha pseudovagansPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha psilostachyaHochst. ex A.Rich.
Acalypha pubiflora(Klotzsch) Baill.
Acalypha pulchrespicataDäniker
Acalypha pulogensisSagun & G.A.Levin
Acalypha punctataMeisn. ex C.Krauss
Acalypha purpurascensKunth
Acalypha purpusiiBrandegee
Acalypha pycnanthaUrb.
Acalypha pygmaeaA.Rich.
Acalypha rabesahalanaI.Montero & Cardiel
Acalypha radiansTorr.
Acalypha radicansMüll.Arg.
Acalypha radinostachyaDonn.Sm.
Acalypha radulaBaker
Acalypha rafaelensisStandl.
Acalypha raivavensisF.Br.
Acalypha rapensisF.Br.
Acalypha reflexaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha repandaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha retiferaStandl. & L.O.Williams
Acalypha rheedei(J.Graham) M.R.Almeida
Acalypha rhombifoliaSchltdl.
Acalypha rhomboideaRaf.
Acalypha richardianaBaill.
Acalypha riedelianaBaill.
Acalypha rivularisSeem.
Acalypha rottleroidesBaill.
Acalypha rubrinervisCronk
Acalypha rubroserrataPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha ruderalisMart. ex Britton
Acalypha ruizianaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha rupestrisUrb.
Acalypha sabulicolaBrandegee
Acalypha salicifoliaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha salicinaHutch. ex Cardiel
Acalypha salvadorensisStandl.
Acalypha salviifoliaBaill.
Acalypha saxicolaWiggins
Acalypha scabrosaSw.
Acalypha scandensBenth.
Acalypha schiedeanaSchltdl.
Acalypha schlechtendalianaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha schlechteriGand.
Acalypha schlumbergeriMüll.Arg.
Acalypha schneiderianaPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha schreiteriLillo ex Lourteig & O'Donell
Acalypha schultesiiCardiel
Acalypha segetalisMüll.Arg.
Acalypha sehnemiiAllem & Irgang
Acalypha selerianaGreenm.
Acalypha seminudaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha senilisBaill.
Acalypha septemlobaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha sericeaAndersson
Acalypha sessilifoliaS.Watson
Acalypha setosaA.Rich.
Acalypha siamensisOliv. ex Gage
Acalypha simplicistylaCardiel
Acalypha skutchiiI.M.Johnst.
Acalypha sonderiGand.
Acalypha sonderianaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha spachianaBaill.
Acalypha spectabilisAiry Shaw
Acalypha stachyuraPax
Acalypha stellataCardiel
Acalypha stenolobaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha stenophyllaK.Schum.
Acalypha strictaPoepp.
Acalypha striolataLingelsh.
Acalypha subcastrataF.Aresch.
Acalypha subintegraAiry Shaw
Acalypha subsanaMart. ex Colla
Acalypha subscandensRusby
Acalypha subterraneaPaul G.Wilson
Acalypha subtomentosaLag.
Acalypha subviscidaS.Watson
Acalypha swallowensisFosberg
Acalypha synoicaPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha tacanensisLundell
Acalypha tenuicaudaPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha tenuifoliaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha tenuirameaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha tomentosaSw.
Acalypha trachylobaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha tremulaI.Montero & Cardiel
Acalypha tricholobaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha trilaciniataPaul G.Wilson
Acalypha trilobaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha uleanaL.B.Sm. & Downs
Acalypha umbrosaBrandegee
Acalypha urophyllaBaill.
Acalypha urostachyaBaill.
Acalypha vagansCav.
Acalypha vallartaeMcVaugh
Acalypha variabilisKlotzsch ex Baill.
Acalypha vellameaBaill.
Acalypha velutinaHook.f.
Acalypha venezuelicaCardiel
Acalypha verbenaceaStandl.
Acalypha veronicoidesPax & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha villicaulisHochst. ex A.Rich.
Acalypha villosaJacq.
Acalypha virgataL.
Acalypha virginicaL.
Acalypha volkensiiPax
Acalypha vulnerariaBaill.
Acalypha websteriCardiel
Acalypha weddellianaBaill.
Acalypha welwitschianaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha wigginsiiG.L.Webster
Acalypha wilderiMerr.
Acalypha wilkesianaMüll.Arg.
Acalypha wilmsiiPax ex Prain & Hutch.
Acalypha wuiH.S.Kiu
Acalypha zeyheriBaill.
Acalypha zollingeriMüll.Arg.
^"Acalypha L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^Cardiel, José María; Montero-Muñoz, Iris; Ortúñez, Emma; Dorda, Elena; Sancho-García, Irene (2020). "Epidermal crystals in Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) as a new taxonomic trait of the genus". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 306 (5). doi:10.1007/s00606-020-01711-6. S2CID 224856027.
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