Acalypha engleri
Acalypha engleri
Acalypha
Acalypha
Linostachys
Linostachys
A. engleri
Linostachys
A. acrogyna
A. echinus
Acalypha subgenus Linostachys (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae): a global review
Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo
Cardiel, José María
Atha, Daniel
Phytotaxa
2014
2014-04-25
166
3
199
221
8RWS
Pax (1905: 372)
Pax
372
1905
[179,565,1195,1221]
Magnoliopsida
Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha
Plantae
Malpighiales
8
207
Tracheophyta
species
engleri
Vorgebirgsbuschwald zwischen Muhesa und Lungusa, 100–170 m, 12 September 1902, A . Engler 357( K 237884, image!). = Acalypha sigensis Pax & Hoffmannin Engler(1924: 92). Type:― TANZANIA. Tanga: Usambara, Sigi-Tal, date unknown, C.P. Braun1503( holotypeB [presumably destroyed]).
Distribution:—Africa. East Tropical Africa: Kenyaand Tanzania. Voucher:— TANZANIA. T8, Lindi District: Rondo Plateau, Rondo Forest Reserve, 750 m, 10º07’S, 39º13’E, 7 February 1991, S. Bidgood, R. Abdallah& K. Vollesen1388( C, K).
References:— Hutchinson (1912: 897), Mildbraed (1914: 458, 677), Pax & Hoffmann (1924: 92), Radcliffe- Smith (1987: 196), Lebrun & Stork (1991: 204, 2006: 17), Friis & Vollesen (1998: 154, 2005: 609), Burgess & Clarke (2000: 242), Govaerts et al.(2000: 61), Klopper et al.(2006: 275), Sagun et al. (2006:124). Notes:— Almost all collections by Engler were destroyed in the Berlin herbarium fire ( Hiepko 1987). We designate as lectotypeof Acalypha engleri one specimenfound in the Kherbarium. The pistillate flowers of Acalypha engleriare described as having three sepals, as noted by Pax (1905)and Radcliffe-Smith (1987). This is usual in Acalyphasubgenus Acalyphabut is not so in subgenus Linostachys. However, the studied collections frequently present pistillate flowers with four or five usually unequal sepals, and the remaining distinctive features of subgenus Linostachysare also present in this species (non-accrescent minute bracts, pistillate flowers pedicellate); furthermore, A. engleriis morphologically close to other African species within Linostachys(e.g. A. acrogynaand A. echinus). This species still requires a more detailed study.
[381,565,1196,1221]
Tanzania
Ost-Usambara
8
207
1
Tanga
lectotype
[151,1164,1231,1256]
1902-09-12
A
135
Vorgebirgsbuschwald
8
207
1
[1176,1436,1231,1256]
K
8
207
K 237884
1
[364,541,1304,1326]
C, P, B
Tanzania
Engler
Usambara
Type
8
207
1
Tanga
holotype
1991-02-07
T
Tanzania
750
-10.116667
Rondo Forest Reserve
1298
39.216667
Rondo Plateau
8
207
T8
1
Lindi
[350,476,1473,1498]
S
Bidgood
Tanzania
8
207
1
[487,621,1473,1498]
R
Abdallah
Tanzania
8
207
1
[656,927,1473,1498]
K, C
Tanzania
Vollesen
8
207
1
K
8
207
1
lectotype