# Three new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Tanzania and Angola and their conservation status

## TL;DR

Three new species of the Acalypha plant were discovered in Tanzania and Angola, with details on their conservation status.

## Contribution

The discovery and description of three new Acalypha species in Tanzania and Angola after a long period of no new findings.

## Key findings

- Acalypha brevipetiolata and A. bracteolata are new species from Tanzania.
- Acalypha linearis is a new species from Angola.
- These are the first new Acalypha species described in Africa in nearly 20 years.

## Abstract

We describe Acalypha brevipetiolata and A. bracteolata from Tanzania, and A. linearis from Angola, as species new to science. We provide illustrations, distribution maps, and preliminary conservation assessments. We discuss their significance in the context of both countries and within the framework of an ongoing taxonomic monograph of the genus in Africa. These are the first new Acalypha species described in Africa in nearly two decades, in Tanzania in five decades, and in Angola in over a century.