Alchornea

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.
• 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 sodiroi
• Alchornea triplinervia
  

• 
  A. ilicifolia flower buds.
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  A. ilicifolia foliage.