Acalypha
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Acalypha[1] is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae. With 450 to 500 species of herbs and shrubs, the genus is only behind Euphorbia, Croton and Phyllanthus in term of Malpighiales diversity. The common names are copperleaves or three-seeded mercuries.
These plants are mostly tropical or subtropical (but not present in Hawaiʻi and several other Pacific Islands), with a few representatives in temperate zones. The Americas contain two thirds of the known species, distributed from southern United States to Uruguay and northern Argentina.
Several species, such as A. ecuadorica, A. eggersii and A. raivavensis are nearly extinct, and the St. Helena Mountain Bush or "stringwood" (A. rubrinervis) already is.
ExpandRead about Acalypha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Species
Specieswp:
- Acalypha alopecuroides
- Acalypha amentacea
- Acalypha amentacea subsp. wilkesiana (syn. A. godseffiana)
- Acalypha andina
- Acalypha arvensis
- Acalypha australis
- Acalypha bipartita
- Acalypha bisetosa
- Acalypha californica – California Copperleaf, Pringle Three-seeded Mercury
- Acalypha chlorocardia
- Acalypha chuniana
- Acalypha costaricensis
- Acalypha dictyoneura
- Acalypha diversifolia
- Acalypha ecuadorica
- Acalypha eggersii
- 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 × lancasteriTemplate:Verify source
- 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[2]
The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Acalypha:
- Acalyphes
- Acalyphopsis
- Calyptrospatha
- Caturus
- Corythea
- Cupameni
- Galurus
- Gymnalypha
- Linostachys
- Mercuriastrum
- Odonteilema
- Paracelsea
- Ricinocarpus
- Schizogyne
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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- ↑ Latinized Ancient Greek from akaluphē (ἀκαλύφη), a nettle-like plant
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1999-08-30). "Taxon: Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg." (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.