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Alchornea
Alchornea sicca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
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 latifolia
• Alchornea leptogyna
• Alchornea mollis
• Alchornea perrieri
• Alchornea sodiroi
• Alchornea triplinervia

Galery

A. ilicifolia flower buds.

A. ilicifolia foliage.

From Wikispecies

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales
Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Alchorneae
Subtribus: Alchorneinae
Genus: Alchornea
Species: A. castaneifolia - A. cordifolia - A. floribunda - A. latifolia - A. parviflora - A. rhodophylla - A. rugosa - A. sicca - A. tiliifolia - A. villosa

Name

Alchornea Sw., Prodr. 6. 98. 1788.

Type species: A. latifolia - Sw.

Synonyms

• Bleekeria Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1 (2). 407. 1859 nom. illeg. non Hassk. (1855).

• Cladodes Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 574. 1790.

• Hermesia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4. 2. 809. 1805.

• Lepidoturus Bojer ex Baill., Étude Euphorb. 448. 1858.

• Schousboea Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 449. 1827, nom illeg. non Willd. (1799).

• Stipellaria Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6. 2. 1854.

References

• Welzen, P.C. van & Bulalacao, L.J. (2007). The genus Alchornea (Euphorbiaceae) in the Malay Archipelago and Thailand. Syst. Bot. 32: 803—818.