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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==
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−*''[[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'':