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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acalypha''
| image = Acalypha hispida0.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Acalypha hispida]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Acalyphoideae]]
| tribus = [[Acalypheae]]
| subtribus = '''Acalyphinae'''
| genus = '''''Acalypha'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Acalypha bipartita]]''
*''[[Acalypha californica]]''
*''[[Acalypha godseffiana]]'' - copper leaf
*''[[Acalypha gracilens]]''
*''[[Acalypha hispida]]'' - chenille plant, Philippine medusa, red-hot cattail
*''[[Acalypha klavea]]''
*''[[Acalypha monococca]]''
*''[[Acalypha pendula]]''
*''[[Acalypha phleoides]]''
*''[[Acalypha radians]]''
*''[[Acalypha repens]]''
*''[[Acalypha rhomboidea]]'' - common copperleaf
*''[[Acalypha rubrinervis]]''
*''[[Acalypha siamensis]]''
*''[[Acalypha virginica]]'' - Virginia copperleaf, Virginia threeseed mercury
*''[[Acalypha wilkesiana]]'' - Obovata Cristata, copperleaf
et al.
}}
'''''Acalypha''''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]], "nettle") is a [[plant]] [[genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Euphorbiaceae]] and the sole genus of the [[subtribe]] '''Acalyphinae'''. With 450 to 500 [[species]] of [[herb]]s to [[shrub]]s, the genus is only behind ''[[Euphorbia]]'', ''[[Croton (genus)|Croton]]'' and ''[[Phyllanthus]]'' in term of diversity. ''[[Acalypha hispida]]'', cultivated as [[houseplant]] because of its colorful and texturally exciting flowers, is by far the best-known species. Others are grown for their [[foliage]]. ''[[Acalypha bipartita]]'' is eaten as a vegetable in some parts of Africa. <ref>Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.</ref>
===Distribution===
These species are mostly [[Tropics|tropical]] or [[subtropical]] (but not present in [[Hawaii]] and several other [[Pacific Islands]]), with a few representatives in [[temperate zone]]s. The [[Americas]] contain two third of the known species, distributed from southern [[United States]] to [[Uruguay]] and northern [[Argentina]].
===Taxonomy===
The following genera have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Acalypha'':
*'''''Acalyphes''''' <small>[[Hassk.]]<small>
*'''''Acalyphopsis''''' <small>[[Ferdinand Albin Pax|Pax]] & [[K.Hoffm.]]<small>
*'''''Calyptrospatha''''' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]] ex [[Henri Ernest Baillon|Baill.]]<small>
*'''''Caturus''''' <small>[[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<small>
*'''''Corythea''''' <small>[[S.Watson]]<small>
*'''''Cupameni''''' <small>[[Michel Adanson|Adans.]]<small>
*'''''Galurus''''' <small>[[Kurt Sprengel|Spreng.]]<small>
*'''''Gymnalypha''''' <small>[[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]<small>
*'''''Linostachys''''' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]] ex [[Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal|Schltdl.]]<small>
*'''''Mercuriastrum''''' <small>[[Fabr.]]<small>
*'''''Odonteilema''''' <small>[[Turcz.]]<small>
*'''''Paracelsea''''' <small>[[Heinrich Zollinger|Zoll.]]<small>
*'''''Ricinocarpus''''' <small>[[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]<small>
*'''''Schizogyne''''' <small>[[Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg|Ehrenb.]] ex [[Ferdinand Albin Pax|Pax]]<small>
==References==
*Pax, F. & K. Hoffmann (1924) in Engler, Adolf: ''Das Pflanzenreich'', Heft (Fascicle)85:IV.147.XVI:Euphorbiaceae-Crotonoideae-Acalypheae-Acalyphinae, 12 [monographic revision]
<references/>
== External links==
*[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/annuals/chenilleplant.html NC State Univ]
[[Category:Euphorbiaceae]]
[[Category:Pantropical flora]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acalypha''
| image = Acalypha hispida0.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Acalypha hispida]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Euphorbiaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Acalyphoideae]]
| tribus = [[Acalypheae]]
| subtribus = '''Acalyphinae'''
| genus = '''''Acalypha'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]</small>
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Acalypha bipartita]]''
*''[[Acalypha californica]]''
*''[[Acalypha godseffiana]]'' - copper leaf
*''[[Acalypha gracilens]]''
*''[[Acalypha hispida]]'' - chenille plant, Philippine medusa, red-hot cattail
*''[[Acalypha klavea]]''
*''[[Acalypha monococca]]''
*''[[Acalypha pendula]]''
*''[[Acalypha phleoides]]''
*''[[Acalypha radians]]''
*''[[Acalypha repens]]''
*''[[Acalypha rhomboidea]]'' - common copperleaf
*''[[Acalypha rubrinervis]]''
*''[[Acalypha siamensis]]''
*''[[Acalypha virginica]]'' - Virginia copperleaf, Virginia threeseed mercury
*''[[Acalypha wilkesiana]]'' - Obovata Cristata, copperleaf
et al.
}}
'''''Acalypha''''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]], "nettle") is a [[plant]] [[genus]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Euphorbiaceae]] and the sole genus of the [[subtribe]] '''Acalyphinae'''. With 450 to 500 [[species]] of [[herb]]s to [[shrub]]s, the genus is only behind ''[[Euphorbia]]'', ''[[Croton (genus)|Croton]]'' and ''[[Phyllanthus]]'' in term of diversity. ''[[Acalypha hispida]]'', cultivated as [[houseplant]] because of its colorful and texturally exciting flowers, is by far the best-known species. Others are grown for their [[foliage]]. ''[[Acalypha bipartita]]'' is eaten as a vegetable in some parts of Africa. <ref>Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.</ref>
===Distribution===
These species are mostly [[Tropics|tropical]] or [[subtropical]] (but not present in [[Hawaii]] and several other [[Pacific Islands]]), with a few representatives in [[temperate zone]]s. The [[Americas]] contain two third of the known species, distributed from southern [[United States]] to [[Uruguay]] and northern [[Argentina]].
===Taxonomy===
The following genera have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Acalypha'':
*'''''Acalyphes''''' <small>[[Hassk.]]<small>
*'''''Acalyphopsis''''' <small>[[Ferdinand Albin Pax|Pax]] & [[K.Hoffm.]]<small>
*'''''Calyptrospatha''''' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]] ex [[Henri Ernest Baillon|Baill.]]<small>
*'''''Caturus''''' <small>[[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<small>
*'''''Corythea''''' <small>[[S.Watson]]<small>
*'''''Cupameni''''' <small>[[Michel Adanson|Adans.]]<small>
*'''''Galurus''''' <small>[[Kurt Sprengel|Spreng.]]<small>
*'''''Gymnalypha''''' <small>[[August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach|Griseb.]]<small>
*'''''Linostachys''''' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Klotzsch|Klotzsch]] ex [[Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal|Schltdl.]]<small>
*'''''Mercuriastrum''''' <small>[[Fabr.]]<small>
*'''''Odonteilema''''' <small>[[Turcz.]]<small>
*'''''Paracelsea''''' <small>[[Heinrich Zollinger|Zoll.]]<small>
*'''''Ricinocarpus''''' <small>[[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]<small>
*'''''Schizogyne''''' <small>[[Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg|Ehrenb.]] ex [[Ferdinand Albin Pax|Pax]]<small>
==References==
*Pax, F. & K. Hoffmann (1924) in Engler, Adolf: ''Das Pflanzenreich'', Heft (Fascicle)85:IV.147.XVI:Euphorbiaceae-Crotonoideae-Acalypheae-Acalyphinae, 12 [monographic revision]
<references/>
== External links==
*[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/annuals/chenilleplant.html NC State Univ]
[[Category:Euphorbiaceae]]
[[Category:Pantropical flora]]
