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 27. Acalypha sonderiana (Sonder) Müller Argoviensis (1865: 9) . ≡ Acalypha petiolaris Sonder (1850: 117) , nom. illeg. , non A. petiolaris Hochstetter ex Krauss (1845: 83) . Lectotype (designated here):― SOUTH AFRICA . KwaZulu-Natal : Ad Port Natal [Durban], without date, W. Gueinzius 11 (S S07-17134, image!, isolectotypes S S07- 17135, S07-17136, images!). Syntype :― SOUTH AFRICA . KwaZulu-Natal : Ad Port Natal [Durban], without date, W. Gueinzius 510 (S?). Distribution:— Africa. South Tropical Africa: Mozambique ; Southern Africa: South Africa and Swaziland *. Voucher:— KENYA : Tana River District : Tana River National Primate Reserve , 30 m , 12 March 1990 , Q . Luke et al. TPR 167 ( EA , K , MO , US ). References:— Müller Argoviensis (1866: 804) , Pax & Hoffmann (1924: 93) , Palgrave (1983: 430) , Archer (1993: 465 ; 2003: 453 ), Govaerts et al. (2000: 89) , Moll (2000: 430) , Loffler & Loffler (2005: 72) , Klopper et al. (2006: 275) , Lebrun & Stork (2006: 24) , Hyde et al . (2011) . Notes:— Loffler & Loffler (2005) reported Acalypha sonderiana as “common” in Swaziland , but they offered only one locatity; Braun et al . (2004) excluded this species from their Swaziland checklist pending identification or additional specimens.