| Acalypha dikuluwensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Acalypha |
| Species: | †A. dikuluwensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acalypha dikuluwensis | |
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| Katanga Province, D.R. Congo | |
Acalypha dikuluwensis was a 25 centimetres (9.8 in) high[2]tropical flowering plant in the genusAcalypha of the familyEuphorbiaceae. TheIUCN Red List of Threatened Species declared the plant extinct in 2012.A. dikuluwensis was endemic tocopper-rich soils of easternKatanga Province of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, and was only found aroundDikuluwe. The soils are derived fromKatanga Supergroup UpperCambrianRoan Group rocks.[3] It was restricted to steppic savanna in copper outcrops, which were destroyed bysurface mining. No specimens were found after 1959.[1]
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