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|accepted_name=Acalypha wilkesiana
|accepted_authority=Müller Arg. in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.
|place=15(2): 817. 1866
|year=1866
}}
|common_names=Painted copperleaf;beefsteak plant;match-me-if-you-can
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Acalypha amentacea subsp. wilkesiana
|authority=(Müller Arg.) Fosberg
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Acalypha;Acalypha wilkesiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Acalypha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Acalypha wilkesiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 163
|treatment_page=page 165
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 20–50 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> erect, sparsely to densely pubescent, not glandular. <b>Leaves</b> persistent; petiole 1–6 cm; blade ovate to broadly ovate or suborbiculate, 9–20 × 4–15 cm, base obtuse to rounded or subcordate, margins serrate-crenate, apex acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually unisexual, rarely bisexual, axillary; staminate peduncle 0.1–1.5 cm, fertile portion 10–20 cm; pistillate peduncle 1–2 cm, fertile portion 4–15 × 0.5–0.8 cm; bisexual similar to staminate, with 1–2 pistillate bracts near base; allomorphic pistillate flowers absent. <b>Pistillate</b> bracts loosely arranged (inflorescence axis visible between bracts), 2–4 × 3–5 mm, abaxial surface sparsely to moderately pubescent; lobes 7–9, ovate to lanceolate, 1/4 bract length, except terminal lobe to 1/2 bract length. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: pistil 3-carpellate; styles multifid or laciniate. <b>Capsules</b> unknown. <b>Seeds</b> unknown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Old home sites, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Pacific Islands;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;se Asia;Africa.
|discussion=<p>Acalypha wilkesiana is not known in the wild, but presumably originated in the southwestern Pacific Islands (Bismarck Archipelago east to Fiji). The species is commonly cultivated as an ornamental for its leaves that may be various shades of green, purple, red, orange, and yellow (sometimes variegated), and sometimes contorted into unusual shapes. Despite low seed set, it occasionally becomes naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. Naturalized plants often lack the distinctive leaf coloration found in cultivated plants. Although sometimes treated as A. amentacea subsp. wilkesiana, DNA sequence data show that A. wilkesiana and A. amentacea are distinct species (V. G. Sagun et al. 2010).</p>
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name=Acalypha wilkesiana
|author=
|authority=Müller Arg. in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Acalypha amentacea subsp. wilkesiana
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Old home sites, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Pacific Islands;introduced also in Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;se Asia;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.
|publication year=1866
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Acalypha
|species=Acalypha wilkesiana
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