Notes on African Euphorbiaceae: XX. Acalypha (ii)., Etc.

Abstract

In Acalypha, 2 new hybrids are described, a new combination is made, a description is amplified, a species long ago subsumed is reinstated as specific rank, 6 names are subsumed into synonymy, and 6 new records are reported-3 for Zambia, 2 for Mozambique and one for Malawi. In Adenocline, a new record is reported for Zimbabwe. In Andrachne, a new variety is described, and a subsumption into synonymy is made. In Caperonia, new records are reported for Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In Cavacoa, a description is amplified. In Croton, a description is amended and a new combination is made. In Dalechampia, a new variety is described. In Erythrococca, a new record for South Africa is reported. Injatropha, a seedling from Ethiopia is shown to upset recently-established subsectional distinctions based on the representation of the genus in Somalia, and a recent gathering from Somalia upsets a key-character used in the same paper. The genus Leidesia is newly reported from Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In Micrococca, a description is amplified, and a new record is reported from Mozambique. In Omphalea, a correction is made to the note in F.T.E.A. Euphorbiaceae (Part I, 1987) on the relationships of 0. mansfeldiana. In Phyllanthus, new records are reported from Chad and the Central Africa Republic. In Ricinodendron, a new record is reported for Mozambique. In Suregada, a description is amplified. Many of these changes are necessitated by information which has come to light during the course of preparation of the account of the family for 'Flora Zambesiaca', whilst others have been occasioned by the ongoing work of routine naming in the family for other parts of Africa.