Alchornea
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Alchornea is a plant
genus
of the family
Euphorbiaceae
. It comprises 70 tropical species.
Note that Bossera and Caelebogyne sometimes also stand alone as genera.
Plant
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genus
Genus
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of the family
Family (biology)
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Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....
. It comprises 70 tropical species.
Synonyms
- Bleekeria Miq.Friedrich Anton Wilhelm MiquelFriedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel was a Dutch botanist.He was head of the botanical gardens at Rotterdam , Amsterdam and Utrecht . He directed the Rijksherbarium at Leiden from 1862...
- Bossera LeandriJacques Désiré LeandriJacques Désiré Leandri, born 1903 in Corsica, died 1982, was a French botanist and mycologist.Leandri is remembered for botanical excursions in North Africa and Madagascar. He collected plants for scientific study from the years 1922 to 1980...
- Caelebogyne (Coelebogyne) J.Sm.
- Cladodes Lour.João de LoureiroJoão de Loureiro was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, paleontologist, physician and botanist.In 1742 he travelled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 30 years. He became a specialist in Asian flora and on his return published Flora Cochinchinensis .- References :...
- Hermesia Humb. & Bonpl.Aimé BonplandAimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland was a French explorer and botanist.Bonpland's real name was Goujaud, and he was born in La Rochelle, a coastal city in France. After serving as a surgeon in the French army, and studying under J. N...
- Lepidoturus Baill.Henri Ernest BaillonHenri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...
- Schousboea Schumach. & Thonn.Peter ThonningPeter Thonning was a Danish physician and botanist.He was sent to Ghana by the Danish government to supervise the plantations of that colony, and he lived there from 1799 to 1803. His herbarium was destroyed during the shelling of Copenhagen by the British in 1807...
(non Willd.: preoccupiedCombretumThe bushwillows or combretums, Combretum, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 370 species of trees and shrubs, roughly 300 of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, some 25 to tropical Asia and approximately 40 to tropical...
) - Stipellaria Benth.George BenthamGeorge Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :...
Note that Bossera and Caelebogyne sometimes also stand alone as genera.
Species include
- Alchornea castaneifoliaAlchornea castaneifoliaAlchornea castaneifolia Alchornea castaneifolia Alchornea castaneifolia (Iporuru, Iporoni, Iporuro, Ipururo, Ipurosa, Macochihua, Niando, Pajaro; syn. Hermesia castaneifolia Humb. & Bonpl...
- Alchornea cordifoliaAlchornea cordifoliaAlchornea cordifolia is a shrub or small tree distributed throughout tropical Africa....
- Alchornea floribundaAlchornea floribundaAlchornea floribunda is a plant native to Sudan, Uganda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea , Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone...
- Alchornea glandulosaAlchornea glandulosaAlchornea glandulosa is a tree species of the Acalyphoideae native to South America, growing for example in southern Brazil from Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul. It is locally known as tamanqueiro, tapiá or amor seco. This gnarled tree grows preferentially in riparian forest, where it a common...
- Alchornea hunanensis
- Alchornea ilicifoliaAlchornea ilicifoliaAlchornea ilicifolia, commonly known as the Native Holly is a bush of eastern Australia. Growing in or on the edges of the drier rainforests, from Jamberoo, New South Wales to Atherton, Queensland.-Taxonomy:...
- Alchornea latifolia
- Alchornea leptogynaAlchornea leptogynaAlchornea leptogyna is a species of plant in the Euphorbiaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Santiana, J., Cerón, C. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Alchornea mollis
- Alchornea perrieri
- Alchornea sodiroiAlchornea sodiroiAlchornea sodiroi is a species of plant in the Euphorbiaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* Santiana, J., Cerón, C. & Pitman, N. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Alchornea triplinerviaAlchornea triplinerviaAlchornea triplinervia is a commercial timber tree native to Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is found in the following states of Brazil: Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro,...