Acalypha subgenus Linostachys (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae): a global review
Author
Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Postal Code 28049, Madrid, Spain
Author
Cardiel, José María
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Postal Code 28049, Madrid, Spain
Author
Atha, Daniel
The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, Postal Code 10458, USA
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Phytotaxa
2014
2014-04-25
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3
199
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.166.3.2
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.166.3.2
1179-3163
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21.
Acalypha paniculata
Miquel (1859: 406)
.
Type
:
―
INDONESIA
.
East Java
:
Java
, in
Bandong
, without date,
H
.
Zollinger 2991
(
holotype
U 1842
!, isotype
A
)
.
=
Acalypha wallichii
Thwaites (1861: 271)
. ≡
Ricinocarpus villosus
(Jacquin) Kuntze var.
racemosus
Heyne ex
Kuntze (1891: 616)
.
Lectotype
(designated by
Sagun
et al
. 2010: 27
):
―
SRI LANKA
. Province unknown: up to an elevation of
3000 feet
, without date,
N. Wallich 7784
C (K!) [see comments in
Sagun
et al.
(2010: 27
, 30)].
=
Acalypha paniculata
Miq. f.
depauperata
Müller Argoviensis (1865: 8)
.
Type
:
―
INDIA
.
Tamil Nadu
:
In Neilgherries
, without date,
G.
Thomson
s.n.
(
holotype
G-DC, isotypes K [2 sheets]!).
—
Acalypha racemosa
Heyne
in
Wallich (1847: 7784
A, B, C),
nom. nud
.
—
Acalypha filiformis
Heyne
in
Hooker (1887: 415)
,
nom. nud.
[
sub
A. paniculata
].
Distribution:—
Africa. Northeast Tropical Africa:
Chad
,
Ethiopia
and
Sudan
; West-Central Tropical Africa:
Cameroon
,
Congo
,
Central African Republic
, Ecuadorian
Guinea
and
São Tomé and Príncipe
; East Tropical Africa:
Kenya
,
Uganda
and
Tanzania
; South Tropical Africa:
Angola
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
and
Zimbabwe
.
Asia. Arabian Peninsula:
Saudi Arabia
and
Yemen
; Indian Subcontinent:
India
,
Maldives
and
Sri Lanka
;
Malesia
:
Indonesia
and
East Timor
.
Voucher:—
TANZANIA
.
Arusha
:
Arumeru District
,
1260–1270 m
,
03º20’31"S
,
36º52’15"E
,
23 September 2008
,
C
.
J
.
Kayombo
et al. 5655
(
MO
)
.
References:—
Baillon (1858: 443
[
Acalypha racemosa
]),
Müller Argoviensis (1865: 8
;
1866: 802
),
Hooker (1887: 415)
,
Oliver (1887: 349)
,
Kuntze (1891: 616)
,
Schweinfurth (1894: 355)
,
Theil (1895: 239)
,
Pax (1898: 105)
,
Trimen & Hooker (1898: 57)
,
Boerlage (1900: 286)
,
Hiern (1900: 976)
,
Durand & Durand (1909: 493)
,
Hutchinson (1912: 886)
,
Mildbraed (1914: 457)
,
Pax & Hoffmann (1924: 14)
,
Guinea
(1946: 312)
,
Staner (1938: 135)
,
Backer & Bakhuizen van den Brink (1963: 489)
,
Adam (1971:450)
,
Lebrun & Stork (1991: 204
,
2006: 22
),
Wood (1997: 190)
,
Govaerts
et al.
(2000: 84)
,
Mapaura (2004: 40)
,
Friis & Vollesen (2005: 598)
,
Hawthorne & Jongkind (2006: 246)
,
Klopper
et al.
(2006: 275)
,
Strugnell (2006: 84)
,
Rani & Balakrishnan (2007: 96)
, Aedo
et al
. (2009: 206),
Sagun
et al.
(2010: 27)
,
Hyde
et al.
(2011
;
2013
).
Notes:—
This is the only
Linostachys
species
reported in Asia. Several floras and checklists cited it as
A. racemosa
, although that name is a
nomen nudum.