Acalypha fasciculata Muell .Arg., Linnaea 34: 31. 1865.

Munoz, Iris Montero, Cardiel, Jose Maria & Levin, Geoffrey A., 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, pp. 85-116 : 85

9. Acalypha fasciculata Muell.Arg., Linnaea 34: 31. 1865.

Type.

Madagascar: s.l., s.d., L. M. A. Du-Petit Thouars s.n. (lectotype, designated here: P [P00324476]!; isolectotypes: P [P00324495!, P00508505!]).

Acalypha lyallii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 255. 1883. Acalypha fasciculata var. lyallii (Baker) Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 284. 1942. Type: Madagascar: "Central Madagascar", s.d., R. Lyall s.n. (holotype: K [K000186529]! syn. nov.).

Acalypha madreporica Baill., Hist. Pl. Madag., Atlas t. 186 (1891). Type: Plate 186 in Baillon ibid. loc., holotype.

Acalypha madagascariensis Pax & K.Hoffm., Pflanzenr. 147, 16 (Heft 85): 162. 1924. Type: Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Forêt d’Antsianaka, 19 Jan 1882, H. Humblot 447 [ “449”] (holotype B, presumably destroyed; lectotype, designated here: P [P00324501]!, syn. nov.).

Acalypha fasciculata var. humbertiana Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 284. 1942. Type: Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: haute vallée de Mandrare, 8 Nov 1928, H. Humbert 6514. Lectotype, designated here: P [P00508503]!; isolectotypes: P [P00324487]!, US [US00096332]! syn. nov.). Syntypes. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Bassin de la Manampanihy (Sud-Est), col de Fitana, H. Humbert 6044 P [P00324486]!]; Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Massif du Beampingaratra, du col de Bevava au sommet de Bekoho, H. Humbert 6478 P [P00508504]!.

Distribution.

Madagascar (Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara).

References.

Müller Argoviensis (1866: 851); Baillon (1895a: 1181) A. madreporica . and A. lyallii ; Palacký (1907: 25); Pax and Hoffmann (1924: 94) A. madreporica ; Pax and Hoffmann (1924: 171); Leandri (1942: 283); Leandri (1948: 186) A. lyallii ; Leandri (1952) A. fasciculata var. humbertiana ; Govaerts et al. (2000: 61); Govaerts et al. (2000: 73) A. lyallii ; Govaerts et al. (2000: 74) A. madreporica ; Schatz (2001: 142) as A. fasciculata var. humbertiana ; Seebaluck et al. (2015: 152) as A. lyallii .

Notes.

The correct number of the type specimen of A. madagascariensis is Humblot 447. In the protologue of this name, it is wrongly transcribed as " Humblot 449, which corresponds to a specimen of Psorospermum ( Clusiaceae ).