RT Journal Article
T1 Three new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Tanzania and Angola and their conservation status
A1 Montero Muñoz, Iris
A1 Cardiel Sanz, José María
A1 Villaescusa González, Lucía
A1 Muñoz Rodríguez, Pablo
AB 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.
PB PLOS
SN 1932-6203
YR 2025
FD 2025-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130277
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130277
LA eng
NO Montero-Muñoz I, Cardiel JM, Villaescusa-González L, Muñoz-Rodríguez P (2025) Three new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Tanzania and Angola and their conservation status. PLoS One 20(10): e0332588. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332588
NO The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the research project PID2022-139634NA-I00M funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE. PMR was supported by a Ramón y Cajal research contract, grant ref. RYC2021-032489-I, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, and IMM by a Juan de la Cierva – Formación-2021, grant ref. FJC2021-046607-I, funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR during the work on this project. There was no additional external funding received for this study.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO European Commission
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 mar 2026