Acalypha fimbriata Schumach & Thonn.

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Acalypha fimbriata

Picture: Helen Pickering
Within the fenced area of the Victoria Falls, on path leading up stream from entrance gate

Acalypha fimbriata

Picture: Helen Pickering
Within the fenced area of the Victoria Falls, on path leading up stream from entrance gate

Acalypha fimbriata

Picture: Helen Pickering
Within the fenced area of the Victoria Falls, on path leading up stream from entrance gate

Acalypha fimbriata

Picture: Helen Pickering
Within the fenced area of the Victoria Falls, on path leading up stream from entrance gate

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Synonyms: Acalypha ciliata sensu Prain & Hutch.
Acalypha vahliana Müll. Arg.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Very similar to Acalypha ciliata but consistently differing in the teeth of the female bracts, which are up to 1.5 mm long, falcate-lanceolate, curved at the apex, often lying alongside each other and almost contiguous.
Type location:
Ghana
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: fimbriata: fimbriate; with a fringed margin, referring to the margin of the female bracts.
Habitat: In Acacia woodland, riverine vegetation, on the margins of pans, on alluvial soil or sandy soil near the edge of water.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa and northern South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Cb,N,E,C,Lk,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 142.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 86. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 40.

Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 60. (Includes a picture).

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 205 - 206.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Acalypha fimbriata
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Acalypha fimbriata
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Wikipedia: Acalypha fimbriata


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Acalypha fimbriata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135080, retrieved 28 March 2024

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