Alchorneopsis

Alchorneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865. It is native to Central America, the Greater Antilles, and northern South America.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyEuphorbiaceae

Native toBolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 38
With media: 21
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Collections: F, MO, NY, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), WIS, UEFS
Recorded in: Perú, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Brasil, Costa Rica, Venezuela

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Alchorneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865. It is native to Central America, the Greater Antilles, and northern South America. Species Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, 3 Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil Alchorneopsis portoricensis Urb. - Puerto Rico (considered by some authors to be a synonym for A. floribunda)

==References==

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