Native plant · EUPHORBIACEAE
Acalypha ostryifolia
PINELAND THREESEED MERCURY; hornbeam copperleaf
Also known as: Acalypha persimilis
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Acalypha ostryifolia. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Acalypha ostryifolia
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Order
- MALPIGHIALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Recorded synonyms
- Acalypha persimilis
- Florida range
- South Florida · Central Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Miami-Dade; Collier; Brevard; Lake; Lee; Pinellas; Volusia; Manatee; Charlotte
Where documented in Florida
Miami-Dade; Collier; Brevard; Lake; Lee; Pinellas; Volusia; Manatee; Charlotte
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Acalypha
- Acalypha chamaedrifolia — BASTARD COPPERLEAF
- Acalypha gracilens — SLENDER THREESEED MERCURY; Slender Three-seeded Mercury
- Acalypha rhomboidea — DIAMOND THREESEED MERCURY; Common Three-seeded Mercury
Data provenance
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