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Acalypha abortiva

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Name

Identification
Acalypha abortiva Hochst. ex Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Fenzl, E.,
Related name
  • Acalypha indica
  • Acalypha abortiva
  • Acalypha crenata

Flora

Entry for Acalypha crenata Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Acalypha indica var. abortiva Hochst. ex Baill. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Linnaea 34: 42 (1865); in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 868 (1866).
Acalypha vahliana [family EUPHORBIACEAE], sensu Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 29: 147 (1875), pro parte quoad spec. Speke & Grant, non Müll. Arg. (1865, 1866).
Acalypha crenata Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 246 (1851). —Müller Argoviensis in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 871 (1866), pro parte excl. var. glandulosa Müll. Arg. —Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 239 (1895), pro parte. —Hutchinson in F.T.A. 6, 1: 903 (1912). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 99 (1921). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, xvi] 85: 97 (1924). —F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 2: 52 (1952). —Keay in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 410 (1958). —Agnew, Upl. Kenya Wild Fls.: 215 (1974). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 200 (1987). Type from Ethiopia (Tigray Province).
Acalypha abortiva Hochst. ex Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Étud. Gén. Euphorb.: 443 (1858). Type from Sudan.
Information
Very like A. indica, especially with regard to the number and shape of the female bracts, although similar to A. segetalis in habit, but the leaves are more rounded at the base, and the muricate allomorphic female flowers are usually subsessile and may be terminal or lateral on the inflorescence, and are glabrous except for a single white hair at the apex of each tubercle.
Habitat
In mopane woodland on damp black clay soils, in moist grassland and on sandy river banks, often in waste ground and is a weed of cultivation
Range
Cape Verde eastwards to Somalia and south to East Africa
Altitude range
510–1340 m.
1340
510
Distribution
Malawi C north of Chitala, fr. 12.ii.1959, Robson 1571 (BM; K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Gona-re-Zhou, fr. 30.v.1971, Grosvenor 648 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chisumbanje, fl. & fr. i.1969, Wall in GHS 191974 (SRGH).Zimbabwe C Gwebi R. bank, fr. 22.ii.1961, Rutherford-Smith 558 (MO; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Hwange Distr., Kazuma Range, o. fr. 11.v.1972, Gibbs-Russell 1975 (SRGH).Zambia S Mazabuka Distr., Kafue Flats, fr. 23.i.1963, Angus 3544 (FHO).Zambia C Mt. Makulu Res. Station, fl. & fr. 26.ii.1960, Angus 2151 (FHO; K; SRGH).Zambia W Ndola, fl. & fr. 21.ii.1954, Fanshawe 861 (K; NDO; SRGH).Mozambique MS Nhamatanda (Vila Machado), fr. 26.ii.1968, Mendonça 3824 (LISC).Malawi N Karonga, fr. 7.iii.1953, J.Williamson 189 (BM).Zimbabwe N Mukumbura R. (Mkumburu R.), fr. 23.i.1960, Phipps 2400 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zambia N Luangwa Valley Game Res. South, fr. 15.ii.1967, Prince 216 (K; LISC; SRGH).Botswana N Chobe Distr., Mpandamatenga (Pandamatenga), fl. & fr. 9.iv.1986, Riches 6 (K).

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