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Acalypha ambigua Pax

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Publication: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 96. 1894     Infra-gen: Acalypha

Name status: accepted       Fide: Archer (2003), Cardiel et al. (2025)

Synonyms: [show results...] Acalypha polymorpha var. angustifolia Müll.Arg. Acalypha polymorpha var. depauperata Müll.Arg.    include invalid names

Notes: Acalypha ambigua has also been cited from Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe (Radcliffe-Smith 1987, 1996). However, our preliminary observations suggest that this species is restricted to Angola and Zambia

DISTRIBUTION		view specimens
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA (Angola, Zambia).

TYPE INFORMATION		view in digital library
Type/s
Locality:	[AFRICA: ANGOLA]: Angola, Malanje, Oct 1880.
Collection/s:	F.W.A. Mechow and J.E. Teusz s.n.
Herbarium/a:	B not found, probably destroyed.
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LISU223947 BM000911158 BM000911157 LISU223949 G00324329

Usage of the data hosted in this web server implies the explicit indication of the source,
as follows: Cardiel, J.M., Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Montero-Muñoz, I., Gamarra, R. & Ortúñez,
E. Acalypha Taxonomic Information System, www.acalypha.es [Date of request].