Acalypha burmanii I.Montero & Cardiel., 2018

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

3. Acalypha burmanii I.Montero & Cardiel. nom. nov.

Tragia filiformis Poir., Encycl. 7: 727. 1806. Acalypha acuminata Vahl ex. Baill. Adansonia 1: 267. 1861 nom. illeg., non. A. acuminata Benth. (1854).

Type.

Madagascar?: s.l., s.d., Herb. de Lamarck. s.n. (holotype: P-LAM [P00367371]!).

Distribution.

Madagascar (Antsiranana).

References.

Müller Argoviensis (1865: 40) as A. spiciflora Burm.f.; Müller Argoviensis (1866: 867) as A. spiciflora ; Baillon (1891: tab. 188) as A. acuminata Vahl. ex Baill.; Baillon (1892: 1004) as A. acuminata ; Heckel (1903: 198) as A. acuminata ; Palacký (1907: 24) as A. acuminata ; Pax and Hoffmann (1924: 137) as A. spiciflora ; Leandri (1942: 269) as A. spiciflora .

Notes.

Acalypha burmanii is proposed as a new name for Tragia filiformis Poir. We cannot combine T. filiformis under Acalypha because it is blocked by A. filiformis Poir., nor can we use the illegitimate name A. acuminata Baill. See also comments under the excluded species A. spiciflora .