35. Acalypha wilkesiana Muell .Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 817. 1866.

Ricinocarpus wilkesianus ( Müll .Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618. 1891. Acalypha amentacea Roxb. subsp. wilkesiana ( Müll .Arg.) Fosberg, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 45: 10. 1980.

Type.

Fiji, s.d., (U.S. Expl. Exped. Under. Capt. Wilkes), B. C. Seeman s.n. (holotype: G-DC [G00324022]!; isotypes: GH [00045512]!, K [K000959008]!, US [00096423!, 00096424!]).

Distribution.

Tropical Africa. Madagascar (Antananarivo).

References.

Robertson (1989: 200).

Notes.

Shrub native to Fiji (Melanesia), used as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics. It has been reported from Seychelles (Robertson 1989). We found some specimens from Madagascar