Acalypha spiciflora Burm.f.

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/adansonia2023v45a26
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scientific name	Acalypha spiciflora Burm.f.
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Flora Indica 203: pl. 61-2 ( Burman 1768). — Claoxylon spiciflorum (Burm.f.) A.Juss., De Euphorbiacearum generibus medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen 43 ( Jussieu 1824). — Cleidion spiciflorum (Burm.f.) Merr., An Interpretation View in CoL of Rumphius’s Herbarium Amboinense 322 ( Merrill 1917).

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Acalypha spiciflora Burm. View in CoL f. was described and illustrated in Burman’s Flora Indica , but the plate and the description are very imprecise. Subsequently, Poiret (1804) cited under this name a specimen in the Lamarck herbarium (P00382113) from La Réunion. That specimen is morphologically close to Burman’s plate, but it is not an Acalypha species. Later, Jussieu (1824) combined A. spiciflora View in CoL under the genus Claoxylon View in CoL , as Claoxylon spiciflorum , and Merrill (1917) combined it under Cleidion View in CoL , as Cleidion spiciflorum View in CoL , the name that is currently accepted. Müller Argoviensis (1866) wrongly placed Acalypha spiciflora View in CoL as a synonym of A. acuminata Vahl ex Baill. Pax & Hoffmann (1924) View in CoL andLeandri (1942) followed Müller’s treatment but, applying the rule of priority, chose A. spiciflora View in CoL as the accepted name. This is the origin of the confusion in the use of this name.