Acalypha pendula

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| image = Firetail Chenille Plant -- Acalypha pendula.jpg

| genus = Acalypha

| species = pendula

| authority = C.Wright ex Griseb.

| synonyms = {{species list |Acalypha chamaedrifolia var. pendula|(C.Wright ex Griseb.) Müll.Arg.}}

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Acalypha pendula is a species of subshrub. Native to Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.{{Cite web |title=Acalypha pendula C.Wright ex Griseb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1430-2 |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} It is a dioecious species.{{Cite book |last=Dehgan |first=Bijan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=stu3EAAAQBAJ&dq=acalypha+pendula+dioecy&pg=PA389 |title=Garden Plants Taxonomy: Volume 2: Angiosperms (Eudicots) |date=2023-04-05 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-031-11565-3 |language=en}}{{Rp|page=389}}