Alchornea

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Alchornea
Alchornea sicca[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Acalyphoideae
Tribe:
Alchorneae
Subtribe:
Alchorneinae
Genus:
Alchornea

Synonyms[2]

Alchornea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788.[3][4] It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, S Asia, Australia, Latin America, and various oceanic islands.[2]

Species[2]
2
formerly included

moved to other genera (Aparisthmium Cleidion Cnesmone Discocleidion Discoglypremna Necepsia Neoscortechinia Orfilea Sampantaea Trigonostemon Wetria )

2

References

  1. ^ illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
  2. ^ a b c "Alchornea in". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  3. ^ Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 98 in Latin
  4. ^ Alchornea in PlantList


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