Acalypha psilostachya var. psilostachya [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 psilostachya var. psilostachya [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Information
Stems, inflorescence axes and female bracts tomentose, pubescent or hirsute, sometimes subglabrous; glands absent.
Habitat
Understorey and margins of submontane evergreen forest and in medium to high altitude riverine forest, also in swamp forest (mushitu) and submontane grassland
Range
Sudan and Ethiopia southwards to Angola
Altitude range
900–3050 m.
3050
900
Distribution
Mozambique Z Gurué Mts., fl. 30.vii.1979, de Koning 7474 (K; LMA).Malawi S Thyolo (Cholo) Mt., fl. 19.ix.1946, Brass 17652 (K; MO; NY; SRGH).Malawi C Dedza, Chongoni Forestry School, fr. 18.i.1967, Salubeni 510 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zambia E Nyika Plateau, c. 3 km southwest of Rest House, y. fl. 22.x.1958, Robson & Angus 272 (BM; FHO; K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique N Lichinga (Vila Cabral), fl. 8.i.1935, Torre 460 (COI; LISC).Malawi N Viphya Plateau, 50 km southwest of Mzuzu, fl. 9.x.1976, Pawek 11896 (K; MAL; MO).Zambia N Mpika, fl. 26.i.1955, Fanshawe 1860 (K; NDO).
Acalypha psilostachya var. psilostachya [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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