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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Alchornea sicca Blanco2.307.png
{{Taxobox
|image_caption = ''[[Alchornea sicca]]''<ref>illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas</ref>
| name = ''Alchornea''
|display_parents = 3
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| image = Alchornea sicca Blanco2.307.png
|taxon = Alchornea
|authority = [[Olof Swartz|Sw.]]
| image_caption = ''[[Alchornea sicca]]''
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp/>
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|synonyms = *''Bleekeria'' <small>[[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]</small>
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Acalyphoideae]]
| tribus = [[Alchorneae]]
| subtribus = [[Alchorneinae]]
| genus = '''''Alchornea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Olof Swartz|Sw.]]
}}

'''''Alchornea''''' is a [[plant]] [[genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Euphorbiaceae]]. It comprises 70 [[tropical]] species.

==Synonyms==
*''Bleekeria'' <small>[[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]</small>
*''Bossera'' <small>[[Jacques Désiré Leandri|Leandri]]</small>
*''Caelebogyne'' (''Coelebogyne'') <small>J.Sm.</small>
*''Caelebogyne'' (''Coelebogyne'') <small>J.Sm.</small>
*''Cladodes'' <small>[[João de Loureiro|Lour.]]</small>
*''Cladodes'' <small>[[João de Loureiro|Lour.]]</small>
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*''Schousboea'' <small>[[Schumach.]] & [[Peter Thonning|Thonn.]] (''non'' Willd.: [[Combretum|preoccupied]])</small>
*''Schousboea'' <small>[[Schumach.]] & [[Peter Thonning|Thonn.]] (''non'' Willd.: [[Combretum|preoccupied]])</small>
*''Stipellaria'' <small>[[George Bentham|Benth.]]</small>
*''Stipellaria'' <small>[[George Bentham|Benth.]]</small>
*''Caturus'' <small>Lour.</small>
}}

'''''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]], South [[Asia]], [[Australia]], [[Latin America]], and various oceanic islands.<ref name=wcsp>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=5692 |title=''Alchornea'' in |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |access-date=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>


;Species<ref name=wcsp/>
Note that ''Bossera'' and ''Caelebogyne'' sometimes also stand alone as genera.
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# ''[[Alchornea acutifolia]]'' - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru
# ''[[Alchornea alnifolia]]'' - Madagascar, [[Mayotte Island|Mayotte]]
# ''[[Alchornea anamariae]]'' - Peru, Bolivia
# ''[[Alchornea androgyna]]'' - N Vietnam
# ''[[Alchornea annamica]]'' - Vietnam
# ''[[Alchornea aquifolia]]'' - Queensland, New South Wales
# ''[[Alchornea bogotensis]]'' - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
# ''[[Alchornea brittonii]]'' - Peru, Bolivia
# ''[[Alchornea castaneifolia]]'' - South America
# ''[[Alchornea chiapasana]]'' - [[Veracruz]], [[Chiapas]]
# ''[[Alchornea coelophylla]]'' - Colombia, Ecuador
# ''[[Alchornea cordifolia]]'' - tropical Africa
# ''[[Alchornea costaricensis]]'' - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador
# ''[[Alchornea davidii]]'' - S China
# ''[[Alchornea discolor]]'' - South America
# ''[[Alchornea floribunda]]'' - tropical Africa
# ''[[Alchornea fluviatilis]]'' - South America
# ''[[Alchornea glabra]]'' - [[Anhui]]
# ''[[Alchornea glandulosa]]'' - South + Central America
# ''[[Alchornea grandiflora]]'' - South + Central America
# ''[[Alchornea grandis]]'' - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
# ''[[Alchornea guatemalensis]]'' - [[Baja Verapaz Department|Baja Verapaz]]
# ''[[Alchornea hilariana]]'' - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
# ''[[Alchornea hirtella]]'' - Africa
# ''[[Alchornea humbertii]]'' - Madagascar
# ''[[Alchornea hunanensis]]'' - [[Hunan]]
# ''[[Alchornea integrifolia]]'' - Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia
# ''[[Alchornea latifolia]]'' - Mexico, West Indies, C + S America
# ''[[Alchornea laxiflora]]'' - Africa
# ''[[Alchornea liukiuensis]]'' - Taiwan, [[Nansei-shoto]]
# ''[[Alchornea lojaensis]]'' - Ecuador
# ''[[Alchornea megalophylla]]'' - Colombia, Panama
# ''[[Alchornea mildbraedii]]'' - Cameroon
# ''[[Alchornea mollis]]'' - E Himalayas
# ''[[Alchornea occidentalis]]'' - C Africa
# ''[[Alchornea parviflora]]'' - Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia
# ''[[Alchornea pearcei]]'' - Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
# ''[[Alchornea perrieri]]'' - Madagascar
# ''[[Alchornea rhodophylla]]'' - [[Penang Island|Penang]]
# ''[[Alchornea rugosa]]'' - SE Asia, S China, Assam, Queensland, Papuasia
# ''[[Alchornea scandens]]'' - Vietnam
# ''[[Alchornea sicca]]'' - [[Luzon]], Indochina
# ''[[Alchornea sidifolia]]'' - S Brazil, [[Misiones Province|Misiones]]
# ''[[Alchornea tachirensis]]'' - Venezuela, Colombia
# ''[[Alchornea tiliifolia]]'' - SE Asia, E Himalayas
# ''[[Alchornea trewioides]]'' - S China, N Vietnam
# ''[[Alchornea triplinervia]]'' - South + Central America, Trinidad
# ''[[Alchornea ulmifolia]]'' - [[Ryukyu Islands]]
# ''[[Alchornea vaniotii]]'' - [[Yunnan]]
# ''[[Alchornea websteri]]'' - Ecuador
# ''[[Alchornea yambuyaensis]]'' - SC Africa}}


;formerly included
==Species include==
moved to other genera ''([[Aparisthmium]] [[Cleidion]] [[Cnesmone]] [[Discocleidion]] [[Discoglypremna]] [[Necepsia]] [[Neoscortechinia]] [[Orfilea]] [[Sampantaea]] [[Trigonostemon]] [[Wetria]] )''
*''[[Alchornea castaneifolia]]''
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*''[[Alchornea cordifolia]]''
# ''A. amentiflora - [[Sampantaea amentiflora]]''
*''[[Alchornea floribunda]]''
# ''A. arborea - [[Neoscortechinia nicobarica]]''
*''[[Alchornea glandulosa]]''
# ''A. blumeana - [[Wetria insignis]]''
*''[[Alchornea hunanensis]]''
# ''A. caloneura - [[Discoglypremna caloneura]]''
*''[[Alchornea latifolia]]''
# ''A. castaneifolia - [[Necepsia castaneifolia]]''
*''[[Alchornea leptogyna]]''
# ''A. cordata'' <small>(A.Juss.) Müll.Arg. 1866 not Benth. 1849</small> - ''[[Aparisthmium cordatum]]''
*''[[Alchornea mollis]]''
# ''A. coriacea'' <small>(Baill.) Müll.Arg. 1865 not Ule 1909</small> - ''[[Orfilea coriacea]]''
*''[[Alchornea perrieri]]''
# ''A. cuneata - [[Trigonostemon heteranthus]]''
*''[[Alchornea sodiroi]]''
# ''A. cuneifolia - [[Trigonostemon heteranthus]]''
*''[[Alchornea triplinervia]]''
# ''A. latifolia'' <small>Klotzsch not Sw. 1788</small> - ''[[Aparisthmium cordatum]]''
# ''A. macrophylla - [[Aparisthmium cordatum]]''
# ''A. madagascariensis - [[Necepsia castaneifolia]]''
# ''A. mairei - Cnesmone mairei''
# ''A. mappa - [[Macaranga mappa]]''
# ''A. martiana - [[Conceveiba martiana]]''
# ''A. multispicata - [[Orfilea multispicata]]''
# ''A. oblongifolia - [[Cleidion castaneifolium]]''
# ''A. orinocensis - [[Aparisthmium cordatum]]''
# ''A. rufescens - [[Discocleidion rufescens]]''}}


==Galery==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
<gallery>
Image:Alchornea ilicifolia buds.jpg|''A. ilicifolia'' flower buds.
Image:Alchornea ilicifolia foliage.jpg|''A. ilicifolia'' foliage.
</gallery>


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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
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Alchorneae
Subtribe: Alchorneinae
Genus: Alchornea
Sw.
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, South 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]
  1. Alchornea acutifolia - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru
  2. Alchornea alnifolia - Madagascar, Mayotte
  3. Alchornea anamariae - Peru, Bolivia
  4. Alchornea androgyna - N Vietnam
  5. Alchornea annamica - Vietnam
  6. Alchornea aquifolia - Queensland, New South Wales
  7. Alchornea bogotensis - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
  8. Alchornea brittonii - Peru, Bolivia
  9. Alchornea castaneifolia - South America
  10. Alchornea chiapasana - Veracruz, Chiapas
  11. Alchornea coelophylla - Colombia, Ecuador
  12. Alchornea cordifolia - tropical Africa
  13. Alchornea costaricensis - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador
  14. Alchornea davidii - S China
  15. Alchornea discolor - South America
  16. Alchornea floribunda - tropical Africa
  17. Alchornea fluviatilis - South America
  18. Alchornea glabra - Anhui
  19. Alchornea glandulosa - South + Central America
  20. Alchornea grandiflora - South + Central America
  21. Alchornea grandis - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
  22. Alchornea guatemalensis - Baja Verapaz
  23. Alchornea hilariana - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
  24. Alchornea hirtella - Africa
  25. Alchornea humbertii - Madagascar
  26. Alchornea hunanensis - Hunan
  27. Alchornea integrifolia - Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia
  28. Alchornea latifolia - Mexico, West Indies, C + S America
  29. Alchornea laxiflora - Africa
  30. Alchornea liukiuensis - Taiwan, Nansei-shoto
  31. Alchornea lojaensis - Ecuador
  32. Alchornea megalophylla - Colombia, Panama
  33. Alchornea mildbraedii - Cameroon
  34. Alchornea mollis - E Himalayas
  35. Alchornea occidentalis - C Africa
  36. Alchornea parviflora - Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia
  37. Alchornea pearcei - Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
  38. Alchornea perrieri - Madagascar
  39. Alchornea rhodophylla - Penang
  40. Alchornea rugosa - SE Asia, S China, Assam, Queensland, Papuasia
  41. Alchornea scandens - Vietnam
  42. Alchornea sicca - Luzon, Indochina
  43. Alchornea sidifolia - S Brazil, Misiones
  44. Alchornea tachirensis - Venezuela, Colombia
  45. Alchornea tiliifolia - SE Asia, E Himalayas
  46. Alchornea trewioides - S China, N Vietnam
  47. Alchornea triplinervia - South + Central America, Trinidad
  48. Alchornea ulmifolia - Ryukyu Islands
  49. Alchornea vaniotii - Yunnan
  50. Alchornea websteri - Ecuador
  51. Alchornea yambuyaensis - SC Africa
formerly included

moved to other genera (Aparisthmium Cleidion Cnesmone Discocleidion Discoglypremna Necepsia Neoscortechinia Orfilea Sampantaea Trigonostemon Wetria )

  1. A. amentiflora - Sampantaea amentiflora
  2. A. arborea - Neoscortechinia nicobarica
  3. A. blumeana - Wetria insignis
  4. A. caloneura - Discoglypremna caloneura
  5. A. castaneifolia - Necepsia castaneifolia
  6. A. cordata (A.Juss.) Müll.Arg. 1866 not Benth. 1849 - Aparisthmium cordatum
  7. A. coriacea (Baill.) Müll.Arg. 1865 not Ule 1909 - Orfilea coriacea
  8. A. cuneata - Trigonostemon heteranthus
  9. A. cuneifolia - Trigonostemon heteranthus
  10. A. latifolia Klotzsch not Sw. 1788 - Aparisthmium cordatum
  11. A. macrophylla - Aparisthmium cordatum
  12. A. madagascariensis - Necepsia castaneifolia
  13. A. mairei - Cnesmone mairei
  14. A. mappa - Macaranga mappa
  15. A. martiana - Conceveiba martiana
  16. A. multispicata - Orfilea multispicata
  17. A. oblongifolia - Cleidion castaneifolium
  18. A. orinocensis - Aparisthmium cordatum
  19. A. rufescens - Discocleidion rufescens

References[edit]

  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.


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