Four new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from the West Indian Ocean Region

Abstract Four new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from the Western Indian Ocean Region, based on morphological and molecular evidence, are described, illustrated, and mapped. Acalyphagillespieae sp. nov., A.leandrii sp. nov. and A.nusbaumeri sp. nov. are endemic to Madagascar, and A.mayottensis sp. nov. is known only from Mbouzi islet (Mayotte), in the Comoros Archipelago. We also describe for the first time in Acalypha the presence of membranous or chartaceous perules covering the axillary buds. Preliminary conservation assessments of the new species are also provided.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  PhytoKeys

• Publication date

  2020-02-24

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3897/phytokeys.140.50229PMID 32148432PMCID 7052020
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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