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Alchornea
Sign in to saveAlchornea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, South Asia, Australia, Latin America, and various oceanic islands. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that Bocquillonia from New Caledonia is nested in Alchornea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
General: Alchornea rugosa is found in the understorey of primary
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,603
- With media
- 873
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, UEFS, IAP, NY, MO, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, ColôMbia, Congo (Kinshasa), Brasil, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Brazil, China, Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Euphorbiaceae
- Image
- Alchornia cordifolia MS 3722.jpg
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- Alchornea
- topic's main category
- Category:Alchornea
- taxon name
- Alchornea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 山麻杆属
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Alchornea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, South Asia, Australia, Latin America, and various oceanic islands. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that Bocquillonia from New Caledonia is nested in Alchornea. Species formerly included moved to other genera (Aparisthmium Cleidion Cnesmone Discocleidion Discoglypremna Necepsia Neoscortechinia Orfilea Sampantaea Trigonostemon Wetria )
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alchornea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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