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Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of West Tropical Africa, including Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe

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This work features a critical review of the Acalypha species of the West Tropical Africa, including Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. As a result, 15 native species, and four that appear to be naturalized, are accepted, and 17 names are considered as synonyms. Comprehensive nomenclatural information is supplied, and nine lectotypes and one neotype are designated. An identification key is also provided, as well as two original illustrations.

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We kindly thank the curators and staff of the aforementioned herbaria for facilitating the study of their specimens, especially thanks to Caroline Loup, Bruno Wallnöfer, Gill Challen, Maria Peña Chocarro, Laurent Gautier, and Robert Vogt, of the P, W, K, BM, G, and B herbaria, respectively, for their kindness and efficiency. We also thank to the anonymous reviewers, for his deep inspection of the manuscript and for the helpful comments provided.

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This study was funded by Spanish Government, through the research project EUI 2008-0388, and by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) and the Regional Government (Comunidad de Madrid), through the research project CCG07-UAM/AMB-1453. This research also received support from the SYNTHESYS Project http://www.synthesys.info/ which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities” Program.

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Cardiel, J.M., Montero Muñoz, I. Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of West Tropical Africa, including Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Plant Syst Evol 304, 93–110 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-017-1453-4

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