Acalypha wilkesiana
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Ordo: Malpighiales
Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Acalypha
Name
Acalypha wilkesiana Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 817. 1866. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Ricinocarpus wilkesianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618. 1891. AcalyphaamentaceaRoxb.subsp.wilkesiana (Müll.Arg.) Fosberg, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 45: 10. 1980.
Type
Fiji, s.d., (U.S. Expl. Exped. Under. Capt. Wilkes), B. C. Seeman s.n. (holotype: G-DC [G00324022]!; isotypes: GH [00045512]!, K [K000959008]!, US [00096423!, 00096424!]).
Distribution
Tropical Africa. Madagascar (Antananarivo).
References
Robertson (1989[1]: 200).
Notes
Shrub native to Fiji (Melanesia), used as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics. It has been reported from Seychelles (Robertson 1989[1]). We found some specimens from Madagascar
Taxon Treatment
- Muñoz, I; Cardiel, J; Levin, G; 2018: Nomenclatural review of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, the Mascarene Islands and the Seychelles Archipelago) PhytoKeys, (108): 85-116. doi