Acalypha
Sign in to savethumb|right|Acalypha capitata thumb|Firetail Chenille Plant, Acalypha pendula thumb|right|Acalypha fruticosa thumb|right|Acalypha cuneata thumb|right|Acalypha indica Acalypha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species. The genus name Acalypha is from the Ancient Greek () ("nettle"), an alternative form of (), and was inspired by the nettle-like leaves. General common names include copperleaf and three-seeded mercury. Native North American species are
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
General: Acalypha can be recognised by the alternate, simple leaves Use: Acalypha hispida Burm.f. is widely cultivated
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8,593
- With media
- 5,269
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- CICY, INECOL, UJAT, ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Honduras
Research
244 papers- Unveiling the anti-inflammatory potential of Acalypha indica L. and analyzing its research trend: digging deep to learn deep.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024
- Therapeutic Potential of Acalypha wilkesiana in Type 2 Diabetes: A Review.Journal of diabetes research · 2025
- Medicinal plants from the genus Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae)--a review of their ethnopharmacology and phytochemistry.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2015
- RETRACTED: The South Asian Acalypha Species: A Comprehensive Review on Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Aspect.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2025
- A review of Acalypha indica L. (Euphorbiaceae) as traditional medicinal plant and its therapeutic potential.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2017
via PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Uses
- Selected species
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Acalypha capitata thumb|Firetail Chenille Plant, Acalypha pendula thumb|right|Acalypha fruticosa thumb|right|Acalypha cuneata thumb|right|Acalypha indica Acalypha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species. The genus name Acalypha is from the Ancient Greek () ("nettle"), an alternative form of (), and was inspired by the nettle-like leaves. General common names include copperleaf and three-seeded mercury. Native North American species are generally inconspicuous most of the year until the fall when their stems and foliage turn a distinctive coppery-red.
The genus is distributed mainly in the tropics and subtropics, with about 60% of species native to the Americas and about 30% in Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acalypha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.