7. Acalypha diminuta Baill., Hist. Pl. Madag., Atlas, t. 194. 1891.

Type.

Plate 194 in Baillon ibid. loc., holotype.

Distribution.

Madagascar (Antananarivo, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara).

References.

Baillon (1895b: 1197); Palacký (1907: 25); Pax and Hoffmann (1924: 21); Leandri (1935: 42); Leandri (1942: 253); Govaerts et al. (2000: 60).

Notes.

Acalypha diminuta was first illustrated, without description, in Baillon`s Histoire Naturelle des Plantes (Baillon 1891). The first description of this species, based only on Baillon`s illustration, appears in Engler`s Pflanzenreich (Pax and Hoffmann 1924). This is the only species included in Acalypha subgen. Androcephala Pax & K.Hoffm.