Nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles Archipelago)
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Munoz, Iris Montero
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Cardiel, Jose Maria
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Levin, Geoffrey A.
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Acalypha urophylla Boivin ex Baill., Adansonia 1: 273. 1861.
Acalypha reticulata var. urophylla
(Boivin ex Baill.)
Muell
.Arg. Linnaea 34: 32. 1865.
Acalypha filiformis var. urophylla
(Boivin ex Baill.) Govaerts, World Checkl. Bibliogr.
Euphorbiaceae
63. 2000.
Type.
Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana:
Nossibe
, plateau de Hell-Ville, Jun 1847,
L. H. Boivin 2178
(lectotype, designated here: P [P00536752]!; isolectotypes: G [G00034246]!, GDC [G00324519]!, P [P00536751!, P00536753!]).
Syntypes.
Madagascar: s.l., s.d.,
L. M. A. Du Petit-Thouars s.n.
P [P00536748]!; Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana:
Nossibe
, Dec 1840,
A.
Perville
364
P [P00536749]!; Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana:
Nossibe
,
M. Richard 385
P [P00536750]!.
Acalypha goudotiana
Baill., Adansonia 1: 268. 1861.
Acalypha reticulata var. goudotiana
(Baill.)
Muell
.Arg., Linnaea 34: 32. 1865.
Acalypha filiformis var. goudotiana
(Baill.) Govaerts, World Checkl. Bibliogr.
Euphorbiaceae
62. 2000. Type: Madagascar: s.l., 1830,
J. P. Goudot s.n.
(holotype: G!; isotype: P [P00536727]! fragment),
syn. nov.
Acalypha reticulata var. urophylla f. meeusei
Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 264. 1942. Type: Madagascar, Prov. Fianarantsoa, base Est du Pic
d'Ivohibe
, 19 Sep 1926, R. Decary 5352 P [P00224690]!; Prov. Toamasina, Analamazaotra forest, 1912,
H. Perrier de la
Bathier
9741
(lectotype, designated here: P [P05604377]!,
syn. nov.
).
Syntypes. Madagascar, Prov. Toamasina, Soanierana,
Antasibe
, 9 Dec 1938,
H. J. Lam & A. D. J. Meeuse 5814
WAG [WAG0133229]!, L [L0242110]!; Moramanga, 900 m, 11 Nov 1938, H. J. Lam & A. D. J. Meeuse 5363 L [L0242105]!; Analamazaotra, 1000 m, 10 Nov. 1938,
H. J. Lam & A. D. J. Meeuse 5290
L [L0242106]!.
Acalypha reticulata var. urophylla f. longa
Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 265. 1942. Type: Madagascar, Prov. Toliara, bassin de la Manampanihy, Col de Fitana, 700 m, 15 Oct 1928, H. Humbert 6015 (lectotype, designated here: P [P05604383]!,
syn. nov.
).
Syntypes. Madagascar, Prov. Toliara, Col
d'Ivolo
(District de Fort-Dauphin), 500 m, 5 Sept 1932,
R. Decary 10558
P [P05604384]!; Fort-Dauphin, col de Tsitongabarika, 600 m, 9 Sept 1932,
R. Decary 10595
P [P05604399]!.
Acalypha reticulata var. urophylla f. vohitrae
Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 265. 1942. Type: Madagascar, Prov. Toamasina, Andevorante, rive droite de la Vohitra
pres
de Lohariandava, 200-250 m, 10 Oct 1912,
R. Viguier & H. Humbert 661
(lectotype, designated here: P [P05604437]!; isolectotypes: P [P05604440!, P05604441!],
syn. nov.
).
Acalypha reticulata var. urophylla f. glabrescens
Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 266. 1942. Type: Madagascar, Prov. Antsiranana, Massif du Tsaratanana, 2200 m, H. Perrier de la
Bathie
16180 (lectotype, designated here: P [P05604386]!
syn. nov.
).
Syntypes. Madagascar, Prov. Antsiranana, Sambirano, Nov-Dec 1937,
H. Humbert 18659
P [P05604397!, P05604400!]; Massif du Tsaratanana, Sep 1912,
H. Perrier de la
Bathie
18614
P [P05604382]!; Massif du Tsaratanana, 1600 m, H. Perrier de la
Bathie
15371 P [P05604385]!; Madagascar, Prov. Fianarantsoa, Ranohira, Isalo, 30 Jul 1928,
H. Humbert 5014
P [P05604401!, P05604402!]; Madagascar, Prov. Mahajanga, Beritsoka,
H. Perrier de la
Bathie
413
P [P05604392!, P05604390!]; Beritsoka, Dec 1897,
H. Perrier de la
Bathie
422
P [P05604387!, P05604388!, P05604391!]; Beritsoka, H. Perrier de la
Bathie
9822 P [P05604389]!; Madagascar, s. l.,
R. Baron 5987
P [P05604407]!; s. l.,
L. Humblot 335
P [P05604393!, P05604394!, P05604395!, P05604396!].
Acalypha reticulata var. urophylla f. typique
Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 262. 1942
nom. inval
.
Distribution.
Madagascar (Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina and Toliara). Comoros Archipelago (Grande Comore, Anjouan,
Moheli
and Mayotte).
References.
Mueller
Argoviensis (1866
: 260, 852) as
A. reticulata var. goudotiana
and
A. reticulata var. urophylla
;
Baron (1889
: 262);
Baillon (1891
: 189);
Baillon (1892
: 1004);
De Candolle (1901
: 567);
Palacky
(1907
: 25 as
A. goudotiana
, 26);
Pax and Hoffmann (1924
: 105, 260) as as
A. reticulata var. goudotiana
and
A. reticulata var. urophylla
;
Leandri (1942
: 258, 260, 262) as
A. reticulata var. goudotiana
and
A. reticulata var. urophylla
;
Leandri (1942
: 281) as
A. emirnensis
;
Leandri (1948
: 186) as
A. reticulata var. goudotiana
;
Govaerts et al. (2000
: 62, 63, 100, 105, 108).
Notes.
Acalypha urophylla
has been considered to be a variety of
A. reticulata
, but
A. urophylla
can be distinguished by its sessile female bracts with dentate margins vs. pedicellate female bracts with crenate to subentire margins in
A. filiformis
. (see notes in
A. filiformis
). See notes under
A. gracilipes
,
A. lamiana
and
A. paxii
for the differences between those species and
A. urophylla
.