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