Acalypha suirenbiensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pan, F.J |date=1998 |title=Acalypha suirenbiensis |volume=1998 |page=e.T34804A9889317 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34804A9889317.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Acalypha

| species = suirenbiensis

| authority = Yamamoto

}}

Acalypha suirenbiensis is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Hualien County, Taiwan.{{cite book |title=Flora of Taiwan | edition=2nd | volume=3 | chapter=Acalypha suirenbiensis |author=Hsieh, C.F. |author2=Shaw, S.M. |author3=Wang, J.C. | editor-last=Huang | editor-first=Tseng-chieng |year=1993 |publisher=Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition |location=Taipei, Taiwan |isbn=957-9019-41-X |page=422 |url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/ebook/ebookcontent.php?book=Fl.%20Taiwan%202nd%20edit.&volume=3 |chapter-url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/ebook/ebookpage.php?book=Fl.%20Taiwan%202nd%20edit.&volume=3&list=3673 |accessdate=16 October 2015}} The Flora of China, however, includes Acalypha hontauyuensis from Orchid Island in this species.{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242300267 |title=Acalypha suirenbiensis |author=Huaxing Qiu |author2=Michael G. Gilbert |name-list-style=amp |work=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA |accessdate=16 October 2015}} It is a shrub growing about {{convert|3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall.

Habitat and conservation

Acalypha suirenbiensis grows near the seashore in thickets, below {{convert|100|m|abbr=on}} asl. It is confined to a single location and is vulnerable to habitat loss.

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suirenbiensis

Category:Endemic flora of Taiwan

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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