Acalypha dikuluwensis

Acalypha dikuluwensis was a 25 centimetres (9.8 in) high^[2] tropical flowering plant in the genus Acalypha of the family Euphorbiaceae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species declared the plant extinct in 2012. A. dikuluwensis was endemic to copper-rich soils of eastern Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and was only found around Dikuluwe. The soils are derived from Katanga Supergroup Upper Cambrian rocks.^[3] It was restricted to steppic savanna in copper outcrops, which were destroyed by surface mining. No specimens were found after 1959.

References[]

^ Meersseman, A.; Faucon, M.-P.; Meerts, P.; Mahy, G.; Malaisse, F.; Ngongo Luhembwe, M. (2012). "Acalypha dikuluwensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T195373A2381395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T195373A2381395.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ A. Radcliffe-Smith (1996). "Acalypha dikuluwensis". Flora Zambesiaca. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/JSTOR. 9 (4).
^ Faucon, Michel-Pierre; Meersseman, Arthur; Shutcha, Mylor Ngoy; Mahy, Grégory; Luhembwe, Michel Ngongo; Malaisse, François; Meerts, Pierre (2010). "Copper endemism in the Congolese flora: a database of copper affinity and conservational value of cuprophytes". Plant Ecology and Evolution. 143 (1): 5–18. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2010.411.

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