15. Acalypha indica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1003. 1753.

Type.

India: s.l., s.d., Herb. Hermann 3: 2, # 34. (lectotype, designated by Radcliffe-Smith (1986: 65): BM; isolectotype: BM).

Distribution.

Widely distributed in the Paleotropics and introduced in the Americas. In the WIOR, it is found only in disturbed areas and almost certainly is introduced there. Madagascar (Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa). Comoros Archipelago (Anjouan, Mohéli, Mayotte). Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Réunion). Seychelles Archipelago.

References.

Bojer (1837: 285); Baillon (1861: 274); Müller Argoviensis (1865: 42; 1866: 868); Baker (1877: 314); Müller Argoviensis (1882: 27); Baillon (1895b: 1197); de Cordemoy (1895: 342); Palacký (1907: 25); Voeltzkow (1917: 447); Hemsley (1919: 148); Pax and Hoffmann (1924: 33); Leandri (1935: 43); Leandri (1942: 256); Renvoize (1975: 152); Coode (1982: 69, 78); Robertson (1989: 200); Govaerts et al. (2000: 68).