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 text Phytotaxa 2014 2014-04-25 166 3 199 221 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.166.3.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.166.3.2 1179-3163 5138433 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.