Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Acalypha flaccida Hook.f.

acalypha

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Euphorbiales

Family
Euphorbiaceae

Genus
Acalypha

Species
flaccida

Taxon category: Accepted

In Andersson (1855) as Acalypha flaccida.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
  • Davis, S. (1987) El centro mundial para el monitoreo de la conservación y las floras insulares amenazadas. Memorias. Taller sobre investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg. 304-314
  • Hooker, J.D. (1847) An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Seberg, O. (1984) Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Nordic J. Botany 4(2): 159-190.
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Webster, G.L. (1970) Notes on Galápagos Euphorbiaceae. Madroño 20(5): 257-263.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Acalypha flaccida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16183. Accessed 31 October 2026.