Alchornea 2437239 221482690 2008-06-24T18:20:22Z Dtrebbien 306721 +cat Genera {{Taxobox | name = ''Alchornea'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | image = Alchornea sicca Blanco2.307.png | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[Alchornea sicca]]'' | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Malpighiales]] | familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Acalyphoideae]] | tribus = [[Alchorneae]] | subtribus = [[Alchorneinae]] | genus = '''''Alchornea''''' | genus_authority = [[Olof Swartz|Sw.]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = See text }} '''''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> *''Cladodes'' <small>[[João de Loureiro|Lour.]]</small> *''Hermesia'' <small>[[Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt | Humb.]] & [[Aimé Bonpland|Bonpl.]]</small> *''Lepidoturus'' <small>[[Henri Ernest Baillon|Baill.]]</small> *''Schousboea'' <small>[[Schumach.]] & [[Peter Thonning|Thonn.]]</small> *''Stipellaria'' <small>[[George Bentham|Benth.]]</small> Note that ''Bossera'' and ''Caelebogyne'' sometimes also stand alone as genera. ==Species include:== *''[[Alchornea castaneifolia]]''<br> *''[[Alchornea cordifolia]]''<br> *''[[Alchornea floribunda]]''<br> *''[[Alchornea glandulosa]]''<br> *''[[Alchornea hunanensis]]''<br> *''[[Alchornea latifolia]]''<br> *''[[Alchornea leptogyna]]'' *''[[Alchornea mollis]]''<br> *''[[Alchornea sodiroi]]'' *''[[Alchornea triplinervia]]''<br> [[Image:Alchornia cordifolia MS 3722.jpg|thumb|left|200px|<center>''[[Alchornia cordifolia]]'' ]] [[Category:Alchornia]] [[Category:Medicinal plants]] [[Category:Genera]] {{euphorb-stub}} [[es:Alchornea]] [[pt:Alchornea]]