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

Four new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from the Western Indian Ocean Region, based on morphological and molecular evidence, are described, illustrated, and mapped. Acalypha gillespieae 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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:140

Enthalten in:

PhytoKeys - 140(2020) vom: 28., Seite 57-73

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Montero-Muñoz, Iris [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Geoffrey A [VerfasserIn]
Cardiel, José M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comoros
Endemic
Journal Article
Madagascar
Mayotte
Taxonomy

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Date Revised 19.11.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3897/phytokeys.140.50229

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307368114