Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha

Acalypha acrogyna Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 323 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to Ethiopia and S. Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Cardiel, J.M. & Atha, D. (2014). Acalypha subgenus Linostachys (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae): a global review. Phytotaxa 166: 199-221.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 95 (1921).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 192 (1962).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 897 (1912).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 197 (1949).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 323 (1909).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147(16): 93 (1924).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 466 (1948).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] K005358178 Yes
Dawkins, H.D.; Dawkins, H.C. [D713] Uganda K005353002 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [604] South Sudan K005358556 Yes
Gillman, H. [452] Tanzania K005353009 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [4136] Ethiopia K005358552 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] K005358181 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [483] Uganda K:SPC-04323.000 No
Dawkins, H.C. [D483] Uganda K005353005 Yes
Chandler, P. [1804] Uganda K005353008 Yes
Procter, J. [1054] Tanzania K005353014 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2778] Uganda K005353003 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1547] Zimbabwe K005536114 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [F3797] Zambia K005536110 No
West, O. [6936] Zimbabwe K005536113 No
Gossweiler, J. [5813] K005358180 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.W. [Lye3833] Uganda K005352999 Yes
Gereau, R.E. [1378] Ethiopia K005358551 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4604] Uganda K005352998 Yes
Ford, J. [792] Tanzania K005353012 Yes
Friis, I.; Zerihun woldu; K. Vollesen [2484] Ethiopia K005358555 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A574] Ghana K005358016 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F3803] Zambia K005536111 No
Dawkins, H.D.; Dawkins, H.C. [D713] Uganda K005353004 Yes
Harder, D.K.; Merello, M.C.; Nkhoma, C.; Mupeta, M. [1959] Zambia K005536108 No
Maitland, T.D. [485] Uganda K005353007 Yes
Ford, J. [317] Tanzania K005353010 Yes
Mildbraed [2341] K000431042 Type Yes
Mildbraed [2341] K000431043 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Friis, I. [8372] Ethiopia K005358550 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [654] Ethiopia K005358554 Yes
Wild, H. [4308] Zimbabwe K005536112 No
Dummer, R.; 268 [s.n.] Uganda K005353006 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [5813] K005358179 Yes
Watkins, G. [516] Tanzania K005353013 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Bayona, W.; Festo, L.; K. Vollesen [4779] Tanzania K005353011 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Vollesen, K.B. [4041] Ethiopia K005358549 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Katende, A.B. [21933] Uganda K005353001 Yes
Chaffey, D.R. [1255] Ethiopia K005358553 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [605] South Sudan K005358557 Yes
Sheil [1784] Uganda K005353000 Yes
Angus, A. [731] Zambia K005536109 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0