Acalypha leonii Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris ii. (1895) 1197.

Munoz, Iris Montero, Cardiel, Jose Maria & Levin, Geoffrey A., 2018, Nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles Archipelago), PhytoKeys 108, pp. 85-116 : 85

19. Acalypha leonii Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris ii. (1895) 1197.

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Forêt d’Antsianaka, 14 Dec 1882, L. Humblot 514 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00513056]!; isolectotypes: K [K000186528]!, P [P00513057!, P00513058!, P00513055!]).

Acalypha leonii var. perrierana Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 271. 1942. Type: Madagascar. Prov. Mahajanga: bassin du Bemarivo, versant NE, 100 m, 1912, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 9719 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00513061]!; isolectotypes: P [P00513059!, P00513060!], syn. nov.).

Distribution.

Madagascar (Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Toamasina, Toliara).

References.

Palacký (1907: 25); Pax and Hoffmann (1924: 112); Leandri (1942: 271); Leandri (1952); Govaerts et al. (2000: 72); Schatz (2001: 142).