Acalypha gracilens

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Family:	EUPHORBIACEAE
Species:	Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
Common Name:	Slender Three Seed Mercury; Short Stalk Copperleaf
Habitat:	Open woodlands and disturbed areas.
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	**
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	Slender Three Seed Mercury is a native herbaceous annual in the Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). It occurs throughout Alabama. Slender Three Seed Mercury occurs in sandy pine and pine-hardwood forests, in dry hardwood forests, on rock outcrops, in prairies, and in disturbed dry areas. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are erect, pubescent, branched, and green or reddish brown in color. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, elliptic to lanceolate or linear in outline, pubescent, with serrate to sub-entire margins. Flowers are produced in bisexual axillary spikes. The inflorescence is subtended by a leaf-like bract with triangular teeth. Pistillate flowers are basal on the inflorescence. Individual pistillate flowers have 3-5 sepals, no petals, and a 3-locular ovary. Staminate flowers have 4 sepals, no petals, and 8-16 stamens. The fruit is a capsule.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, G5 (Global Rank)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	EUPHORBIACEAE - Spurge family
Genus	Acalypha
Species	Acalypha gracilens A. Gray - Slender Three Seed Mercury; Short Stalk Copperleaf

Citation

Citation	ACALYPHA GRACILENS A. Gray, Manual 408. 1848.
Basionym:	**
Type:	VIRGINIA: Without data, Rugel s.n. (lectotype: GH). Lectotypified by G. A. Levin, Syst. Bot. 23: 285. 1999.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Acalypha gracilens var. delzii	Acalypha gracilens A. Gray, var. delzii Lill. W. Miller, Sida 3: 447. 1969.		ARKANSAS: Hot Springs Co.: Bismarck, 14 Jul 1957, Demaree 39432 (holotype: SMU; isotypes: GH, KANU, OKL).
Acalypha virginica var. ovalifolia	Acalypha virginica Linnaeus, var. ovalifolia Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 612. 1853.		LOUISIANA: Orleans Par.: New Orleans,
Acalypha virginica var. gracilescens	Acalypha virginica Linnaeus, var. gracilescens Müller Argoviensis, in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 870. 1866, nom. illegit.	Acalypha virginica Linnaeus, var. gracilens (A. Gray) Müller Argoviensis 1865; Acalypha gracilens A. Gray 1848.
Acalypha virginica var. fraseri	Acalypha virginica Linnaeus, var. fraseri Müller Argoviensis, Linnaea 34: 45. 1865.		SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Fraser s.n. (holotype: G-DC).
Acalypha virginica var. gracilens	Acalypha virginica Linnaeus, var. gracilens (A. Gray) Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 612. 1853.	Acalypha gracilens A. Gray 1848.
Acalypha virginica var. ramosa	Acalypha virginica Linnaeus, var. ramosa Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 613. 1853.		LOUISIANA
Acalypha gracilens var. fraseri	Acalypha virginica Linnaeus, var. fraseri Müller Argoviensis, Linnaea 34: 45. 1865.		SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Fraser s.n. (holotype: G-DC).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lee, Lowndes, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UNA00060515	Walker	2 Nov 1984	Charles N. Horn 653	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120880	Jefferson	28 Aug 1985	J. P. Barber 1722	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004543	Butler	14 Jul 2007	Alvin R. Diamond 17805	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121067	Monroe	12 Sep 1997	R. D. Whetstone 18459	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0016656	Lowndes	29 Aug 2014	Diamond, Alvin R. 25475	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
TROY000018714	Perry	07 Aug 2003	Alvin R. Diamond 14067	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007523	Escambia	19 Jun 2008	Hansen, C.J. 3279	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC013731	Lee	3 AUG 1966	WAGLE, CARL	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
TROY000018852	Marengo	03 Sep 2008	J. Kevin England 985	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0032139	Houston	13 Aug 2015	Diamond, Alvin R. 26705	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000036501	Bullock	28 Sep 2012	Bailee Dykes 1305	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121068	Randolph	7 Oct 1982	R. D. Whetstone 12712	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0036145	Barbour	08 Sep 2013	Keener, Brian R. 8168	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
SAMF0002437	Tuscaloosa	28 Jul 1965	Deramus, Rebecca 476	SAMF Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
JSU121062	Marshall	22 Sep 1991	D. D. Spaulding 973	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC006484		JUL 1898	ANDREWS, ELIZABETH F.	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
TROY000004557	Lee	13 Aug 1978	Robert Kral 62487	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC023071	Clarke	4 SEP 1971	HENLEY, NANCY S. 011	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU138649	Shelby	12 Oct 1996	D. D. Spaulding 9413	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC013385	Lee	5 AUG 1966	CROWE, TOM	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00068486	Escambia	19 Jun 2008	C. J. Hansen 3279	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120871	DeKalb	23 Aug 1992	F. W. Clearman, Jr. 271	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000041611	Lowndes	29 Aug 2014	Alvin R. Diamond 25475	TROY Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
UWAL0032188	Cullman	15 Aug 2008	Keener, Brian R. 4782	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000030033	Covington	28 Oct 2008	Curtis J. Hansen 3547	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC055064	Crenshaw	27 AUG 1995	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 9878	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU121064	Marshall	20 Sep 1986	R. D. Whetstone 15735	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007520	Bullock	11 Oct 2009	Diamond, A.R. 21029	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC050614	Dale	23 JUN 1991	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 7504	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120864	Calhoun	30 Jul 1986	C. L. Lawler 916	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007526	Talladega	19 Oct 2007	Keener, Brian R. 3976	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007524	Marengo	03 Sep 2008	England, J. Kevin 0985	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC063991	Coffee	23 SEP 2004	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 1684	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00020791	Tuscaloosa	28 Jul 1965	Rebecca Deramus 476	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004556	Dale	14 Aug 1997	Hannelore Rundell 281	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018850	Henry	24 Jul 2008	Alvin R. Diamond 19619	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0030961	Henry	14 Aug 1998	Kral, R. 87614	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121061	Marshall	13 Aug 1975	R. D. Whetstone 6375	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC034414	Covington	10 OCT 1979	CRAWFORD, LLOYD C.	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
USAM000005887	Mobile	13 Oct 1968	Michel G. Lelong 4929	USAM Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
UWAL0013938	Bullock	28 Sep 2012	Dykes, Bailee 1305	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
UNA00058614	Lamar	2 Aug 2002	Brian R. Keener 2345	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
UNA00053594	Greene	5 Aug 1969	Joab L. Thomas 2357	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018717	Randolph	08 Jul 1986	C. F. Nixon 3476	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004542	Bullock	19 Aug 2001	Alvin R. Diamond 12618	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004549	Covington	21 Jul 2004	Alvin R. Diamond 14513	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC044351	Conecuh	16 SEP 1985	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 1833	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
TROY000004545	Coffee	10 Aug 1980	Brian H. Martin 880	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120869	Cleburne	15 Oct 1996	S. E. Hruska 1466	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC069854	Escambia	19 JUN 2008	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 3279	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00020787	Mobile	15 Aug 1966	Rebecca Deramus D990	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000042902	Houston	13 Aug 2015	Alvin R. Diamond 26705	TROY Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
AUA_ACC048109	Bibb	17 OCT 1979	BECKETT, SCOTT W. 411	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120873	Etowah	16 Jul 1994	L. M. Hodge 2789	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004552	Dale	14 Sep 2000	Tiffany Pennington 976	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UNA00020797	Mobile	_ Sep 1896	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120868	Clay	30 Jul 1994	J. M. Ballard 4258	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
USAM000005886	Mobile	30 May 1969	Michel G. Lelong 4681	USAM Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
AUA_ACC033120	Bibb	10 AUG 1976	SESSLER, ANN H. 313	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
TROY000004559	Monroe	03 Nov 2005	Alvin R. Diamond 16021	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC051800	Pike	28 JUL 1988	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 5100	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU121494	St. Clair	1 Nov 1984	P. L. Smith s.n.	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004554	Dale	05 Aug 1998	Hannelore Rundell 615	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC028430	Barbour	24 OCT 1975	RUTLAND, DAVID W. 1847	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120870	Cullman	27 Jun 1975	R. D. Whetstone 5113	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007519	Barbour	11 Sep 2008	Diamond, A.R. 19978	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018848	Barbour	17 Jul 2008	Alvin R. Diamond 19543	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC046513	Covington	21 OCT 1982	KUHNS, MICHAEL R. 77	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UWAL0012180	St. Clair	16 Jul 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6606	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
AUA_ACC070239	Covington	28 OCT 2008	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 3547	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00020789	Tuscaloosa	28 Oct 1962	Rebecca Deramus 228	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004560	Pike	12 Dec 1999	James A. Hall 39	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018851	Houston	25 Sep 2008	Alvin R. Diamond 20204	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0031781	Coffee	16 Aug 1987	Kral, R. 74343	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000044611	Geneva	17 Aug 2017	Cameron Byrd 1416	TROY Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
AUA_ACC050578	Dale	26 OCT 1991	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 7793	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120879	Jefferson	17 Oct 1975	R. D. Whetstone 7293	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC034984	Butler	3 OCT 1979	CRAWFORD, LLOYD C.	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00054438	Blount	3 Jul 1998	Brian R. Keener 1150	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120863	Calhoun	7 Aug 1991	F. Hutchinson 49	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018715	Randolph	11 Oct 1985	C. F. Nixon 2046	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007521	Covington	22 Aug 2009	Diamond, A.R. 20876	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004558	Monroe	24 Oct 2006	Alvin R. Diamond 17157	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC065334	Dale	19 SEP 2005	DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R. 15810	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU121069	Randolph	11 Oct 1985	C. F. Nixon 2046	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004546	Coffee	14 Nov 1999	Brian H. Martin 356	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000033574	Barbour	27 Aug 2011	Lauren Ryan 27	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC059311	Elmore	19 SEP 2000	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 2000-102	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00020783	Mobile	2 Aug 1965	Rebecca Deramus D637	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000043241	Houston	15 Oct 2015	Alvin R. Diamond 26921	TROY Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
AUA_ACC023070	Lee	2 OCT 1971	BOONE, ALLISON 078B	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120874	Etowah	27 Aug 1994	L. M. Hodge 3231	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004553	Dale	28 Aug 1999	Tiffany Pennington 87	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004548	Conecuh	05 Aug 2000	Alvin R. Diamond 11955	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC017680	Lee	13 JUL 1969	THORNHILL, RANDY 114	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120866	Choctaw	1 Nov 1997	R. D. Whetstone 19164	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0016742	Pike	28 Jul 2014	Diamond, Alvin R. 25395	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
UNA00020798	Baldwin	s.d.	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120867	Clay	30 Jul 1994	J. M. Ballard 4275	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000029219	Covington	22 Aug 2009	Alvin R. Diamond 20876	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121070	St. Clair	3 Sep 1982	R. D. Whetstone 12079	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007525	Sumter	10 Jul 2006	Keener, Brian R. 3197	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018849	Escambia	18 Sep 2008	Alvin R. Diamond 20049	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120877	Jackson	5 Aug 1994	R. D. Whetstone s.n.	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0036160	Baldwin	08 Aug 2013	Keener, Brian R. 8139	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
AUA_ACC069441	Escambia	8 JUL 2009	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 4095	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120875	Franklin	18 Sep 1994	D. D. Spaulding 6457	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004555	Dale	06 Jun 2000	Michael Woods 8161	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018718	Sumter	10 Jul 2006	Brian R. Keener 3197	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC037823	Lauderdale	29 JUL 1981	HENDERSON, T. 287	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00020796	Pickens	4 Jul 1986	Charles N. Horn 1121	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120878	Jefferson	7 Sep 1984	J. P. Barber 1071	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004541	Barbour	16 Oct 2005	Alvin R. Diamond 15966	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121065	Monroe	12 Sep 1997	R. D. Whetstone 18487	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0034865	Monroe	18 Jul 1995	Kral, R. 85349	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A.Gray
TROY000019678	Henry	07 Nov 2008	Alvin R. Diamond 20415	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0007522	Covington	28 Oct 2008	Hansen, C.J. 3547	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000029530	Montgomery	11 Oct 2009	Alvin R. Diamond 21049	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0032087	Houston	15 Oct 2015	Diamond, Alvin R. 26921	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
USAM000005888	Mobile	08 Jun 1967	Michel G. Lelong 3224	USAM Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
JSU120872	DeKalb	7 Sep 1986	R. D. Whetstone 15594	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC069277	Escambia	14 AUG 2008	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 3427A	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
SAMF0003522	Barbour	11 Sep 2008	Diamond, A. R. 19978	SAMF Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
UNA00069278	Marengo	3 Sep 2008	Kevin England 985	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121063	Marshall	9 Sep 1991	D. D. Spaulding 815	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC072628	Baldwin	10 OCT 2007	BARGER, T. WAYNE PERD-43	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
TROY000004544	Butler	14 Oct 1978	Robert Kral 63030	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC021304	Lee	12 AUG 1970	HOPSON, GEORGE R. 00150	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00020784	Tuscaloosa	23 Jun 1975	Fred K. Hoener 1246	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000018716	Randolph	01 Sep 1988	C. F. Nixon 4242	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004561	Russell	17 Oct 2004	Alvin R. Diamond 14819	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121066	Monroe	12 Sep 1997	R. D. Whetstone 18559	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0031731	Crenshaw	23 Jul 1993	Kral, R. 82945	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000038338	Elmore	11 Aug 2013	Alvin R. Diamond 24449	TROY Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
UWAL0007518	Baldwin	13 Oct 2007	Keener, Brian R. 3950	UWAL Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004551	Dale	19 Sep 2005	Alvin R. Diamond 15810	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
UWAL0042763	Baldwin	23 Aug 2000	Larsen, H.S. 559	UWAL Acalypha gracilens A. Gray
TROY000004547	Conecuh	30 Sep 2000	Alvin R. Diamond 12152	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU120865	Cherokee	7 Sep 1986	R. D. Whetstone 15645	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA000035403	Covington	14 Jul 2011	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 5136	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
UNA00020792	Hale	25 Sep 1965	Norris H. Williams 135	UNA Acalypha gracilens Gray
JSU121483	Lee	18 Nov 1973	D. R. Flournoy 149	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
AUA_ACC072911	Dallas	24 AUG 2010	BARGER, T. WAYNE OC-579	AUA ACALYPHA GRACILENS GRAY
JSU120876	Jackson	18 Sep 1998	K. R. Brodeur 1439	JSU Acalypha gracilens Gray
TROY000004550	Crenshaw	01 Nov 2003	TeLenna Jones 25	TROY Acalypha gracilens Gray

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