25. Acalypha menavody (Leandri) I.Montero & Cardiel comb. nov.

Acalypha spiciflora var. menavody Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 270. 1942.

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Collines et plateaux calcaires de l’Analamera, Jan 1938, H. Humbert 19149 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00536737]!; isolectotypes: P [P00536736!, P00536738!]).

Distribution.

Madagascar (Antsiranana).

Notes.

Acalypha spiciflora has been excluded because it does not belong to Acalypha (see notes under this name). We only recognise A. spiciflora var. menavody as A. menavody .