Acalypha padifolia

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| genus = Acalypha

| species = padifolia

| authority = Kunth

| synonyms =

• Acalypha andina Müll.Arg.
• Acalypha coriifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.
• Acalypha erythrostachya Müll.Arg.
• Acalypha schimpffii Diels
• Acalypha tunguraguae Pax & K.Hoffm.
• Ricinocarpus erythrostachyus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
• Ricinocarpus padifolius (Kunth) Kuntze

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-967 Acalypha padifolia.] The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species.

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International |collaboration=BGCI |date=2021 |title=Acalypha padifolia |volume=2021 |page=e.T189175415A189175417 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T189175415A189175417.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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Acalypha padifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.{{in lang|es}} Cardiel, J. M. (2000). [http://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/ciencias/jcardiel/publicaciones/publicaciones-pdf/Novon%2010-2000.pdf Nuevas especies y sinónimos de Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) de Ecuador.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120181410/http://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/ciencias/jcardiel/publicaciones/publicaciones-pdf/Novon%2010-2000.pdf |date=November 20, 2011 }} Novon 10, 360-65. It is a shrub or small tree that grows in mountain rainforests.Sanz, J. M. C. and P. M. Rodríguez. (2012). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502785/ Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of continental Ecuador.] PhytoKeys (17), 1-17.