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<mods:title>Four new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from the West Indian Ocean Region</mods:title>
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1.
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<taxonomicName LSID="2ED452A3-1E42-59D1-94B8-DD0296BDE496" authority="G. A. Levin & I. Montero" authorityName="G. A. Levin & I. Montero" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha gillespieae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gillespieae" status="sp. nov.">Acalypha gillespieae G.A.Levin & I.Montero</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="57">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="G. A. Levin & I. Montero" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha gillespieae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gillespieae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha gillespieae</emphasis>
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G.A.Levin & I.Montero is morphologically most similar to
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. humbertii" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="species" species="humbertii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. humbertii</emphasis>
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Leandri, but differs from it by having spherical axillary buds with imbricate perules (vs. pyriform buds with superposed perules), elliptic to obovate leaf blades (vs. ovate leaf blades), inflorescences c. 1 cm long with the fertile part of the male segment c. 1.5 mm long (vs. inflorescences c. 2.5 cm long with the male segment c. 20 mm), and mature female bracts subreniform with entire margins (vs. bracts suborbicular with dentate margins).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="57" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Type.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
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Madagascar. Reg. Diana [Prov. Antsirinana]: Montagne des
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Français">Francais</normalizedToken>
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, E of Antsirinana (Diego Suarez),
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<geoCoordinate degrees="12" direction="south" minutes="19" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="26.4" value="-12.324">12°19'26.4"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="49" direction="east" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="16.6" value="49.337944">49°20'16.6"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 258 m, 31 Oct 2012,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">L. J. Gillespie, G. A. Levin, J. Andriatiana, & W. M. Cardinal-McTeague 10692</emphasis>
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(holotype: MO!; isotypes: CAN!, K!, P!, TAN!). Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Acalypha gillespieae A flowering branch with young leaves B flowering branch with mature leaves C detail of node with axillary bud D detail of node, stipules, and petiole base E detail of the androgynous inflorescence F mature female bract G calyx of the female flower H capsule with persistent styles I seed. Based on L. Gillespie 4079 (A, C, E), Gillespie et al. 10693 (B, D), and Gillespie et al. 10692 (F-I). Illustration: Iris Montero Munoz." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.140.50229.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382704" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">1</figureCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.140.50229.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382704" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="G. A. Levin & I. Montero" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha gillespieae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gillespieae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha gillespieae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A</emphasis>
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flowering branch with young leaves
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">B</emphasis>
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flowering branch with mature leaves
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">C</emphasis>
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detail of node with axillary bud
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">D</emphasis>
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detail of node, stipules, and petiole base
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">E</emphasis>
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detail of the androgynous inflorescence
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">F</emphasis>
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mature female bract
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">G</emphasis>
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calyx of the female flower
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">H</emphasis>
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capsule with persistent styles
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">I</emphasis>
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seed. Based on
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">L. Gillespie 4079</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A, C, E</emphasis>
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),
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Gillespie et al. 10693</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">B, D</emphasis>
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), and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Gillespie et al. 10692</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">F-I</emphasis>
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). Illustration: Iris Montero
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Shrubs</emphasis>
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to 3 m high, intricately branched, deciduous, monoecious.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Young branches</emphasis>
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slender, densely pubescent with short, simple, straight, antrorsely appressed trichomes proximally, and antrorsely curved trichomes distally; older branches glabrescent.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Axillary buds</emphasis>
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spherical, c. 2 mm diam., perules 2, imbricate, chartaceous, glabrous.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Stipules</emphasis>
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deciduous, 2-3.5 mm long, subulate, densely pubescent with short, simple, spreading-ascending trichomes.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Petioles</emphasis>
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slender, 2-5 mm long, densely pubescent with antrorsely curved trichomes.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Leaf blades</emphasis>
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1.5-4
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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1-3 cm, elliptic to obovate, membranous, unlobed or (2-)3-lobed; base rounded to broadly obtuse; margins crenate; apex obtuse; upper surface sparsely pubescent with simple, straight, erect to antrorse trichomes; lower surface with indumentum similar to that found on upper surface, but denser; venation actinodromous, somewhat prominent on both surfaces, with 3 veins at the base, secondary veins 2-3 per side.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Stipels</emphasis>
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absent.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Inflorescences</emphasis>
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androgynous, axillary, c. 1 cm long, spiciform, with one female bract near the base, and a male segment distally; peduncle thin, 2-3 mm long, densely pubescent with antrorsely curved trichomes; male segment persistent, sterile axis 1-2 mm, fertile portion c. 1.5 mm long, densely pubescent with simple, slender, flexuous trichomes.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Female bracts</emphasis>
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sessile, enlarging in fruit to 5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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9 mm, subreniform, sparsely pubescent with simple, straight, antrorse trichomes; margins entire.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Bracteoles</emphasis>
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absent.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Male flowers</emphasis>
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not seen (only the pedicels present).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Female flowers</emphasis>
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solitary, sessile; sepals 3, slightly connate at base, c. 0.75 mm long, broadly triangular, ciliate with simple, slender, flexuous trichomes c. 0.5 mm long; ovary not seen; styles 3, persistent in fruit, c. 2 mm long, slightly connate at base, rachis stout, pubescent with short, simple, straight, antrorse trichomes, each style divided into 5-8 slender, fimbriate segments.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Capsules</emphasis>
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3-locular, c. 3 mm diam., echinate and hispid, with simple, straight, erect to antrorse trichomes c. 0.5 mm long, and conical projections c. 0.75 mm long.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Seeds</emphasis>
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pyriform, 2
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1.5 mm, smooth.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="57" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha gillespieae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is known only from a small area between 200 and 300 m elevation on the north side of Montagne des
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Français">Francais</normalizedToken>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Map of Madagascar and the Mayotte island showing the distributions of Acalypha gillespieae (square), A. leandrii (rhombus), A. mayottensis (triangle) and A. nusbaumeri (circle)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.140.50229.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382705" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">2</figureCitation>
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). This limestone massif, including the area where
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. gillespieae" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="species" species="gillespieae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. gillespieae</emphasis>
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grows, is covered with dry deciduous forest (
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<bibRefCitation author="Moat, J" journalOrPublisher="Notululae Systematicae" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" refId="B13" refString="Moat, J, Smith, P, 2007. Atlas of the vegetation of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." title="Atlas of the vegetation of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew." year="2007">Moat and Smith 2007</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation author="Goodman, SM" journalOrPublisher="Gland, Switzerland, IUCN" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" refId="B7" refString="Goodman, SM, Raherilalao, MJ, Wohlhauser, S, 2018. The Terrestrial Protected Areas of Madagascar: Their History, Description and Biota. Association Vahatra, Antananarivo." title="The Terrestrial Protected Areas of Madagascar: Their History, Description and Biota. Association Vahatra, Antananarivo." year="2018">Goodman et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/phytokeys.140.50229.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/382705" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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Map of Madagascar and the Mayotte island showing the distributions of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="G. A. Levin & I. Montero" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha gillespieae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gillespieae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha gillespieae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(square),
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. leandrii" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="species" species="leandrii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. leandrii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(rhombus),
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. mayottensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="species" species="mayottensis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. mayottensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(triangle) and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. nusbaumeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="species" species="nusbaumeri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. nusbaumeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(circle).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
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The proposed epithet honors the botanist Lynn J. Gillespie, research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature. In addition to studying Arctic plants and
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<taxonomicName family="Poaceae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
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, she has worked on the systematics of
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<taxonomicName family="Euphorbiaceae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="family">Euphorbiaceae</taxonomicName>
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worldwide, including in Madagascar. She collected all the known specimens of this species, either alone or as leader of a team of botanists.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="57" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="G. A. Levin & I. Montero" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha gillespieae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gillespieae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha gillespieae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is known from three collections from the same locality. Montagne des
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has been relatively well collected (P. Lowry, pers. comm.), so the dearth of collections suggests this species is rare, even there. Its apparent rarity could also, at least in part, reflect it being quite inconspicuous and thus easily overlooked. The extent of occurrence (EOO) could not be calculated. Its area of occupancy (AOO) is estimated to be 8000 km2. Montagne des
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Français">Francais</normalizedToken>
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is a category V protected area (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2008.PAPS.2.en" author="Dudley, N" journalOrPublisher="Gland, Switzerland, IUCN" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" refId="B6" refString="Dudley, N, 2008. Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Gland, Switzerland, IUCN, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2008.PAPS.2.en" title="Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories." url="https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2008.PAPS.2.en" year="2008">Dudley 2008</bibRefCitation>
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). Its habitat is somewhat threatened by wood-cutting, primarily for charcoal, but mainly on its lower slopes, below where
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. gillespieae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is found.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha gillespieae</emphasis>
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is assigned a preliminary IUCN conservation status of Critically Endangered: CR B2ab(ii,iii,iv).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Additional specimens examined</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">(paratypes).</emphasis>
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Madagascar. Reg. Diana [Prov. Antsirinana]: Montagne des
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Français">Francais</normalizedToken>
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, E of Antsirinana (Diego Suarez),
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<geoCoordinate degrees="12" direction="south" minutes="19" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="26.4" value="-12.324">12°19'26.4"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="49" direction="east" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="16.6" value="49.337944">49°20'16.6"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 258 m, 31 Oct 2012,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">L. J. Gillespie</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">G. A. Levin</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">J. Andriatiana, & W. M. Cardinal-McTeague 10693</emphasis>
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(CAN!, MO!, P!, TAN!); 12°19'S, 49°20'E, 200-300 m, 2 Dec 1990,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">L. J. Gillespie 4097</emphasis>
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(ILLS!, MO!, P[P00324524]!, TAN!).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="57" type="notes">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="57">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="G. A. Levin & I. Montero" authorityYear="2020" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha gillespieae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gillespieae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha gillespieae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is very unusual among
|
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species in having some lobed leaves. The proportion of lobed leaves varies among collections from about 10% in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Gillespie et al. 10693</emphasis>
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to about 20% in
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Gillespie et al. 10692</emphasis>
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and 70% in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Gillespie 4097</emphasis>
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. The lateral lobes range from much smaller than the central lobe to almost equal to it. The lobes, if present, arise near the base of the blade, with the basal veins becoming the midveins of the lobes. Like the very similar
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Leandri" authorityYear="1942" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Acalypha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acalypha humbertii" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="humbertii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">Acalypha humbertii</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. gillespieae" pageId="0" pageNumber="57" rank="species" species="gillespieae">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="57">A. gillespieae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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flowers when the plants are leafless, probably in late August or September. By the time the leaves emerge in late October, the male flowers have been shed and the female bracts and capsules are mature.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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