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Internal ID UUID6440382e2e360412669140
Scientific name Acalypha glabrata
Authority Thunb.
First published in Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 117 (1800)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Acalypha velutina E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. 161. 1843 (1843)
Ricinocarpus glabratus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891)
Ricinocarpus glabratus var. latifolius (Sond.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 291 1898
Acalypha betulina Sond. Linnaea 23: 116 (1850)
Acalypha betulina var. latifolia Sond. Linnaea 23: 117. 1850
Acalypha glabrata var. latifolia (Sond.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 36 1865
Acalypha glabrata var. genuina Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 36. 1865

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Language Common/alternative name
English forest false-nettle
English velvet forest false-nettel
Afrikaans bosvalsnetel
Afrikaans fluweelbosvalsnetel

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Acalypha glabrata f. glabrata Unknown
Acalypha glabrata f. pilosior (Kuntze) Prain & Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 13 (1913)

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000941130
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337420-1
The Plant List kew-596
Open Tree Of Life 398768
NCBI Taxonomy 992628
IUCN Red List 147141535
IPNI 337420-1
iNaturalist 578946
GBIF 3056185
EOL 1146097

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Ethnobotany and Toxicity Status of Medicinal Plants with Cosmeceutical Relevance from Eastern Cape, South Africa Ndhlala AR, Thibane VS, Masehla CM, Mokwala PW Plants (Basel) 30-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9182599
doi:10.3390/plants11111451
PMID:35684224
The correlation between antimutagenic activity and total phenolic content of extracts of 31 plant species with high antioxidant activity Makhafola TJ, Elgorashi EE, McGaw LJ, Verschaeve L, Eloff JN BMC Complement Altern Med 29-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5129238
doi:10.1186/s12906-016-1437-x
PMID:27899116
Deagrarianisation and Forest Revegetation in a Biodiversity Hotspot on the Wild Coast, South Africa Shackleton R, Shackleton C, Shackleton S, Gambiza J PLoS One 14-Oct-2013
PMCID:PMC3796566
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076939
PMID:24155911

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