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'''''Alchornea''''' is a [[plant]] [[genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Euphorbiaceae]] first described as a genus in 1788.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/376726#page/15/mode/1up Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 98] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Alchornea ''Alchornea'' in PlantList]</ref> It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of [[Africa]], S [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[Latin America]], and various oceanic islands.<ref name=qqqqq>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=5692 |title=''Alchornea'' in |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |accessdate=2013-09-17}}</ref> Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that ''[[Bocquillonia]]'' from [[New Caledonia]] is nested in ''Alchornea''.<ref>Wurdack, K. J., P. Hoffmann, and M. W. Chase (2005). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto) Using Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences.” American Journal of Botany 92(8): 1397–1420.</ref>
'''''Alchornea''''' is a [[plant]] [[genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Euphorbiaceae]] first described as a genus in 1788.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/376726#page/15/mode/1up Swartz, Olof. 1788. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus 6, 98] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Alchornea ''Alchornea'' in PlantList]</ref> It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of [[Africa]], S [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[Latin America]], and various oceanic islands.<ref name=qqqqq>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=5692 |title=''Alchornea'' in |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |accessdate=2013-09-17}}</ref> Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that ''[[Bocquillonia]]'' from [[New Caledonia]] is nested in ''Alchornea''.<ref>Wurdack, K. J., P. Hoffmann, and M. W. Chase (2005). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto) Using Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences.” American Journal of Botany 92(8): 1397–1420.</ref>


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Alchornea
Alchornea sicca[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subtribe: Alchorneinae
Genus: Alchornea
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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] Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that Bocquillonia from New Caledonia is nested in Alchornea.[5]

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
  5. ^ Wurdack, K. J., P. Hoffmann, and M. W. Chase (2005). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto) Using Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences.” American Journal of Botany 92(8): 1397–1420.