Alchornea

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