Nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles Archipelago)
Author
Munoz, Iris Montero
Author
Cardiel, Jose Maria
Author
Levin, Geoffrey A.
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2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.108.27284
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.108.27284
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Acalypha burmanii I.Montero & Cardiel.
nom. nov.
Tragia filiformis
Poir., Encycl. 7: 727. 1806.
Acalypha acuminata
Vahl ex. Baill. Adansonia 1: 267. 1861
nom. illeg
., non.
A. acuminata
Benth. (1854).
Type.
Madagascar?: s.l., s.d.,
Herb. de Lamarck. s.n.
(holotype: P-LAM [P00367371]!).
Distribution.
Madagascar (Antsiranana).
References.
Mueller
Argoviensis (1865
: 40) as
A. spiciflora
Burm.f.;
Mueller
Argoviensis (1866
: 867) as
A. spiciflora
;
Baillon (1891
: tab. 188) as
A. acuminata
Vahl. ex Baill.;
Baillon (1892
: 1004) as
A. acuminata
;
Heckel (1903
: 198) as
A. acuminata
;
Palacky
(1907
: 24) as
A. acuminata
;
Pax and Hoffmann (1924
: 137) as
A. spiciflora
;
Leandri (1942
: 269) as
A. spiciflora
.
Notes.
Acalypha burmanii
is proposed as a new name for
Tragia filiformis
Poir. We cannot combine
T. filiformis
under
Acalypha
because it is blocked by
A. filiformis
Poir., nor can we use the illegitimate name
A. acuminata
Baill. See also comments under the excluded species
A. spiciflora
.