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Acalypha inselbergensis Cardiel & I. Montero

  • 1. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, calle Darwin 2, Madrid, 28049, Spain. & Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, calle Darwin 2, Madrid, 28049, Spain.
  • 2. Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX 1 3 RB, UK. & Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
  • 3. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, calle Darwin 2, Madrid, 28049, Spain.
  • 4. Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, Madrid, 28014, Spain.

Description

39. Acalypha inselbergensis Cardiel & I.Montero

Phytotaxa 356 (2): 162 (Cardiel et al. 2018).

Voucher specimens

BRAZIL – PernambucoKrause, L. 276; LZ, PEUFR, RB, ROST, S.

Habit

Shrub. Native.

Habitat

Eastern Highlands: Caatinga, alt. 200‒ 700 m.

Distribution

Brazil.

References

Marciel-Júnior et al. (2020), Cardiel et al. (2022b).

Provisional conservation status

LC.

Remarks

Acalypha inselbergensis was described based on a single collection found on a granitic rocky outcrop (inselberg) in northeastern Brazil. However, very shortly afterwards, it was discovered that this species is widely distributed in the Caatinga Domain of Brazilian northeast, and up to 27 different collections are currently known (Marciel-Júnior et al. 2020).

Notes

Published as part of Cardiel, José María, Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, González-Berdasco, Álvaro & Montero-Muñoz, Iris, 2023, Catalogue and red list of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae) from South America, pp. 1-92 in European Journal of Taxonomy 886 on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.886.2201, http://zenodo.org/record/8222657

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LZ, PEUFR, RB, ROST, S
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Acalypha
Species
inselbergensis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Cardiel J. M., Montero-Munoz I. & Sancho Garcia I. 2018. Three new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. Phytotaxa 356 (2): 158 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 356.2.5
  • Cardiel J. M., Cordeiro de Sousa A. A., Cordeiro I., Rossi M. B., Marques da Silva O. L., Munoz-Rodriguez P., Lopez A. & Montero-Munoz I. 2022 b. Updated synopsis of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Brazil. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 308: 24. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00606 - 022 - 01816 - 0