Genus of flowering plants
Alchornea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788.[ 3] [ 4] It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa , South Asia , Australia , Latin America , and various oceanic islands.[ 2] Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that Bocquillonia from New Caledonia is nested in Alchornea .[ 5]
Species[ 2]
Alchornea acutifolia - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru
Alchornea alnifolia - Madagascar, Mayotte
Alchornea anamariae - Peru, Bolivia
Alchornea androgyna - N Vietnam
Alchornea annamica - Vietnam
Alchornea aquifolia - Queensland, New South Wales
Alchornea bogotensis - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
Alchornea brittonii - Peru, Bolivia
Alchornea castaneifolia - South America
Alchornea chiapasana - Veracruz , Chiapas
Alchornea coelophylla - Colombia, Ecuador
Alchornea cordifolia - tropical Africa
Alchornea costaricensis - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador
Alchornea davidii - S China
Alchornea discolor - South America
Alchornea floribunda - tropical Africa
Alchornea fluviatilis - South America
Alchornea glabra - Anhui
Alchornea glandulosa - South + Central America
Alchornea grandiflora - South + Central America
Alchornea grandis - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama
Alchornea guatemalensis - Baja Verapaz
Alchornea hilariana - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Alchornea hirtella - Africa
Alchornea humbertii - Madagascar
Alchornea hunanensis - Hunan
Alchornea integrifolia - Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia
Alchornea latifolia - Mexico, West Indies, C + S America
Alchornea laxiflora - Africa
Alchornea liukiuensis - Taiwan, Nansei-shoto
Alchornea lojaensis - Ecuador
Alchornea megalophylla - Colombia, Panama
Alchornea mildbraedii - Cameroon
Alchornea mollis - E Himalayas
Alchornea occidentalis - C Africa
Alchornea parviflora - Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia
Alchornea pearcei - Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
Alchornea perrieri - Madagascar
Alchornea rhodophylla - Penang
Alchornea rugosa - SE Asia, S China, Assam, Queensland, Papuasia
Alchornea scandens - Vietnam
Alchornea sicca - Luzon , Indochina
Alchornea sidifolia - S Brazil, Misiones
Alchornea tachirensis - Venezuela, Colombia
Alchornea tiliifolia - SE Asia, E Himalayas
Alchornea trewioides - S China, N Vietnam
Alchornea triplinervia - South + Central America, Trinidad
Alchornea ulmifolia - Ryukyu Islands
Alchornea vaniotii - Yunnan
Alchornea websteri - Ecuador
Alchornea yambuyaensis - SC Africa
formerly included
moved to other genera (Aparisthmium Cleidion Cnesmone Discocleidion Discoglypremna Necepsia Neoscortechinia Orfilea Sampantaea Trigonostemon Wetria )