Acalypha medibracteata Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts, Kew Bull. 52(2): 477. 1997.

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

24. Acalypha medibracteata Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts, Kew Bull. 52(2): 477. 1997.

Acalypha gagnepainii Leandri Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 274. 1942 nom. illeg. non A. gagnepainii Merr. (1938).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Massif du Vohitsiombe (Fort-Dauphin), 31 Jul 1926, R. Decary 4664 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00508417]!; isolectotype: S [S07-14667]!).

Syntypes.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Vallée du Mandrare, s.d., R. Decary 2620 P [P00508418]!; Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Vallée de l’Ikonda, au N. d’Ambovombe, R. Decary 8913, P [P00887487]!; Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Imangory, s.d., R. Decary 8948 P [P00508416]!; Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Beteny, (limite Nord-Est de l’Androy), 22 Nov 1931, R. Decary 9355 P [P00508415]!, G [G00034242]!, GB [GB0047682]!.

Acalypha medibracteata var. calcicola (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts, Kew Bull. 52(2): 477. 1997. Acalypha gagnepainii var. calcicola Leandri Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 275. 1942. Type: Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: vallée moyenne du Mandrare près d’Anadabolava, Dec 1933, H. Humbert 12422 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00508409]!; isolectotypes: P [P00508405!, P00508406!, P00508407!, P00508408!], syn. nov.).

Syntypes. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Fort-Dauphin, J. Cloisel 18 P [P00508410]!, P [P00508411]!; Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Basse vallée du Fiherenana, s.d., H. Humbert 11573 P [P00508412!, P00508413!].

Acalypha menabeana Leandri Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 275. 1942 nom. nud. as A. gagnepainii .

Acalypha aspretorum Leandri Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 275. 1942 nom. nud. as A. gagnepainii .

Distribution.

Madagascar (Antananarivo, Toamasina, Toliara).

References.

Govaerts et al. (2000: 75, 100).