Overview
The Acalypheae is a tribe of the subfamily Acalyphoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 12 subtribes and 32 genera.
See also
- Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae
See also
- Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae
References
- "Compleat Botanica". Compleat Botanica. http://www.crescen tbloom.com/Plants/Tribus/AA/Acalypheae.htm. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Acalypheae at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Acalypheae at Wikispecies
Taxonomy
The Tribe Acalypheae is a member of the Subfamily Acalyphoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Acalypheae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Euphorbianae
Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order: Malpighiales
C. Martius, 1835
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
(yoo-for-bee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
- Tribe: Acalypheae
- Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
(yoo-for-bee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Malpighiales
C. Martius, 1835
- Superorder: Euphorbianae
Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Acalypheae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (14): Acalypha · Acantholimon · Adriana · Claoxylon · Cleidion · Coleonema · Dysopsis · Macaranga · Mallotus · Mercurialis · Plukenetia · Ricinus · Tragia · Trewia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2,324 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Acalypheae.
Genera
Acalypha
Acalypha 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. [more]
Acantholimon
Acantholimon (Prickly thrift) is a genus of small flowering plants within the plumbago or leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae. They are distributed from southeastern Europe to central Asia and also in South America, but also cultivated elsewhere in rock gardens. [more]
Adriana
Adriana is a Latin name and Feminine form of Adrian. [more]
Claoxylon
Claoxylon is a flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, comprising dioecious subshrubs to small trees. The genus comprises about 80 species, distributed in paleotropical areas: Madagascar through South and Southeast Asia, Malesia to Melanesia, Hawaii, and Australia. Half of the species are in Malesia. According to a molecular phylogenetic study by Wurdack, Hoffmann & Chase (2005), Claoxylon is sister to Erythrococca (50 species, Africa), and together they form the top of a Hennigian comb-like phylogeny. [more]
Cleidion
Cleidion is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 25 species, which are pantropical. [more]
Coleonema
Coleonema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. The eight known species are all from the western Cape Province of South Africa. In Australia, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often incorrectly referred to as Diosma. [more]
Dysopsis
Dysopsis glechomoides is a species of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species of its genus (Dysopsis) and subtribe (Dysopsidinae). [more]
Macaranga
Macaranga is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae. Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and the South Pacific, the genus comprises over 300 different species. These plants are noted for being . Macaranga species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus. Macaranga species often form symbioses with ant (Formicidae) species (particularly Crematogaster ants of the subgenus Decacrema) because they have hollow stems that can serve as nesting space and occasionally provide nectar. The trees benefit because the ants attack herbivorous insects and either drive them away or feed on them. [more]
Mallotus
Mallotus may refer to: [more]
Mercurialis
Plukenetia
Plukenetia is a of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 15 species, found from Africa to Malesia. [more]
Ricinus
The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It belongs to a monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae. The evolution of castor and its relation to other species are currently being studied. [more]
Tragia
Tragia is a of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises about one hundred species found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Plants in this genus are sometimes known as noseburns. [more]
Trewia
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Trewia.
More info about the Genus Trewia may be found here.
References
- "Compleat Botanica". Compleat Botanica. http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Tribus/AA/Acalypheae.htm. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Acalypheae at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Acalypheae at Wikispecies
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