- Alchornea
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Alchornea Alchornea sicca Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Subfamily: Acalyphoideae Tribe: Alchorneae Subtribe: Alchorneinae Genus: Alchornea
Sw.Alchornea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 70 tropical species.
Synonyms
- Bleekeria Miq.
- Bossera Leandri
- Caelebogyne (Coelebogyne) J.Sm.
- Cladodes Lour.
- Hermesia Humb. & Bonpl.
- Lepidoturus Baill.
- Schousboea Schumach. & Thonn. (non Willd.: preoccupied)
- Stipellaria Benth.
Note that Bossera and Caelebogyne sometimes also stand alone as genera.
Species include
- Alchornea castaneifolia
- Alchornea cordifolia
- Alchornea floribunda
- Alchornea glandulosa
- Alchornea hunanensis
- Alchornea ilicifolia
- Alchornea latifolia
- Alchornea leptogyna
- Alchornea mollis
- Alchornea perrieri
- Alchornea sodiroi
- Alchornea triplinervia
Categories:- Medicinal plants
- Angiosperm genera
- Alchornea
- Euphorbiaceae stubs
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