Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha

Acalypha bussei Hutch.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 1056 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Tanzania. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Euphorbiaceae, A. R.-Smith. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987

Diagnostic
Similar to the preceding (A. ciliata), but usually not exceeding 50 cm. in height, leaf-blade smaller and with a proportionately longer petiole, more markedly caudate-acuminate, inflorescences more laxly flowered, sometimes almost unisexual, the ♀ bracts smaller, up to 2 mm. long and 4 mm. wide in fruit, with shorter teeth (less than 1 mm. long), the capsules smaller, 1 mm. long and 1.5 mm. wide.
Habitat
Coastal forest, often on coral outcrops; 0–160 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere K7 T3 T6 T8
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/179759/1589050

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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