Three new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Tanzania and Angola and their conservation status

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We describe Acalypha brevipetiolata and A. bracteolata from Tanzania, and A. linearis from Angola, as species new to science. We provide illustrations, distribution maps, and preliminary conservation assessments. We discuss their significance in the context of both countries and within the framework of an ongoing taxonomic monograph of the genus in Africa. These are the first new Acalypha species described in Africa in nearly two decades, in Tanzania in five decades, and in Angola in over a century.

Source: PLoS ONE

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332588

Authors: Iris Montero-Muñoz, José María Cardiel, Lucía Villaescusa-González, Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez

Institutions: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Alcalá, Real Jardín Botánico, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,382

Funders: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación

OpenAlex ID: W4415671612