Alchornea
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{{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]]
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[[es:Alchornea]]
[[pt:Alchornea]]