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'''''Acalypha'''''<ref>[[Latin]]ized [[Ancient Greek]] from ''akaluphē'' (''ἀκαλύφη''), a [[nettle]]-like plant</ref> is a [[plant]] [[genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Euphorbiaceae]]. It is the sole genus of the [[subtribe]] '''Acalyphinae'''. With 450 to 500 [[species]] of [[herb]]s and [[shrub]]s, the genus is only behind ''[[Euphorbia]]'', ''[[Croton (genus)|Croton]]'' and ''[[Phyllanthus]]'' in term of [[Malpighiales]] diversity. The common names are '''copperleaves''' or '''three-seeded mercuries'''.
These plants are mostly [[Tropics|tropical]] or [[subtropical]] (but not present in [[Hawaiʻi]] and several other [[Pacific Islands]]), with a few representatives in [[temperate zone]]s. The [[Americas]] contain two thirds of the known species, distributed from southern [[United States]] to [[Uruguay]] and northern [[Argentina]].
Several species, such as ''[[Acalypha ecuadorica|A. ecuadorica]]'', ''[[Acalypha eggersii|A. eggersii]]'' and ''[[Acalypha raivavensis|A. raivavensis]]'' are nearly [[extinct]], and the [[St. Helena Mountain Bush]] or "stringwood" (''A. rubrinervis'') already is.
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==Species==
==Species==
Species{{wp}}:
Species{{wp}}:
*''[[Acalypha amentacea ssp. wilkesiana]]''
* ''[[Acalypha alopecuroides]]''
*''[[Acalypha bipartita]]''
* ''[[Acalypha amentacea]]''
*''[[Acalypha californica]]''
** ''Acalypha amentacea'' subsp. ''wilkesiana'' (syn. ''A. godseffiana)
*''[[Acalypha godseffiana]]'' - copper leaf
* ''[[Acalypha andina]]''
*''[[Acalypha gracilens]]''
* ''[[Acalypha arvensis]]''
*''[[Acalypha hispida]]'' - chenille plant, Philippine medusa, red-hot cattail
* ''[[Acalypha australis]]''
*''[[Acalypha klavea]]''
* ''[[Acalypha bipartita]]''
*''[[Acalypha monococca]]''
* ''[[Acalypha bisetosa]]''
*''[[Acalypha pendula]]''
* ''[[Acalypha californica]]'' – [[California Copperleaf]], Pringle Three-seeded Mercury
*''[[Acalypha phleoides]]''
* ''[[Acalypha chlorocardia]]''
*''[[Acalypha radians]]''
* ''[[Acalypha chuniana]]''
*''[[Acalypha repens]]''
* ''[[Acalypha costaricensis]]''
*''[[Acalypha rhomboidea]]'' - common copperleaf
* ''[[Acalypha dictyoneura]]''
*''[[Acalypha rubrinervis]]''
* ''[[Acalypha diversifolia]]''
*''[[Acalypha siamensis]]''
* ''[[Acalypha ecuadorica]]''
*''[[Acalypha virginica]]'' - Virginia copperleaf, Virginia threeseed mercury
* ''[[Acalypha eggersii]]''
*''[[Acalypha wilkesiana]]'' - Obovata Cristata, copperleaf
* ''[[Acalypha glabrata]]''
* ''[[Acalypha gracilens]]''
* ''[[Acalypha gummifera]]''
* ''[[Acalypha hispida]]'' – [[Chenille Plant]], Philippine Medusa, Red-hot Cattail, "[[foxtail]]"
* ''[[Acalypha hontauyuensis]]''
* ''[[Acalypha indica]]'', Indian Acalypha
* ''[[Acalypha klavea]]''
* ''[[Acalypha lancasteri|Acalypha × lancasteri]]''{{Verify source|date=November 2007}}<!-- check if hybrid, cultivar, ect -->
* ''[[Acalypha lancetillae]]''
* ''[[Acalypha lepinei]]''
* ''[[Acalypha leptopoda]]''
* ''[[Acalypha macrostachya]]''
* ''[[Acalypha monococca]]''
* ''[[Acalypha mortoniana]]''
* ''[[Acalypha ostryifolia]]''
* ''[[Acalypha pendula]]''
* ''[[Acalypha phleoides]]''
* ''[[Acalypha polystachya]]''
* ''[[Acalypha portoricensis]]''
* ''[[Acalypha radians]]''
* ''[[Acalypha raivavensis]]''
* ''[[Acalypha repens]]''
* ''[[Acalypha reptans]]''
* ''[[Acalypha rhomboidea]]'' – [[Common Copperleaf]], Common Three-seeded Mercury
* ''[[Acalypha rubrinervis]]'' – [[St. Helena Mountain Bush]], String Tree, Stringwood - [[extinct]] (c.1860)
* ''[[Acalypha schimpffii]]''
* ''[[Acalypha setosa]]''
* ''[[Acalypha siamensis]]''
* ''[[Acalypha skutchii]]''
* ''[[Acalypha sonderiana]]''
* ''[[Acalypha suirenbiensis]]''
* ''[[Acalypha tunguraguae]]''
* ''[[Acalypha umbrosa]]''
* ''[[Acalypha villosa]]''
* ''[[Acalypha virginica]]'' – [[Virginia Copperleaf]], [[Virginia Three-seeded Mercury]]
* ''[[Acalypha wilkesiana]]'' – Beefsteakplant, Copperleaf, Fire-dragon, Jacob's-coat<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web
| url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/
| title = Taxon: ''Acalypha wilkesiana'' Müll. Arg.
| accessdate = 2008-03-23
| author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
| authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
| date = 1999-08-30
| format = HTML
| work = Taxonomy for Plants
| publisher = [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland
}}</ref>
The following genera have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Acalypha'':
The following genera have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Acalypha'':
