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Acalypheae

(Tribe)

Overview

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The Acalypheae is a of the subfamily Acalyphoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 12 subtribes and 32 genera.

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Taxonomy

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The Tribe Acalypheae is a member of the Subfamily Acalyphoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Acalypheae:

The Tribe Acalypheae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Acalypha

Acalypha is a 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]

Acanthocalyx

Acanthocalyx is a of about three species in the family Dipsacaceae, sometimes included in Morinaceae, native to Sino-Himalayan Region. [more]

Acantholimon

Shrublets, usually thorny, pulvinate, often subglobose, many-branched. Leaves borne on current year's branches, crowded, sessile, persistent on old branches after withering; spring leaves at base of current year's branches and similar or different from summer leaves; leaf blade linear, linear-needlelike, or linear subulate, usually very shallowly obdeltate to subcomplanate in cross section, apex usually pointed to awned. Inflorescences borne in axil of spring leaves at base of current year's branches, branched or unbranched; spikes pedunculate, with 2--8 spikelets, arranged in 2 rows, sometimes rachis undeveloped with spike or spikelets axillary; spikelets 1--5-flowered; bracts distinctly shorter than bractlet of first flower, margin membranous; first bractlet similar to bract, margin broadly membranous. Calyx funnelform or rarely subtubular; tube straight or occasionally basally oblique, inconspicuously herbaceous along ribs and scarious between ribs; limb purple, pink, or white, broad, scarious, 5- or 10-lobed. Corolla slightly exserted from calyx; petals basally slightly connate. Stamens adnate to corolla base. Ovary linear-cylindrical, apex attenuate. Styles 5, free, glabrous; stigmas depressed capitate. Capsules oblong-filiform.[1] [more]

Coleonema

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

Macaranga

Macaranga is a large 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 recolonizers. [more]

Mallotus

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

Mercurialis

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Ricinus

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

At least 35 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Ricinus.

More info about the Genus Ricinus may be found here.

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Footnotes

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  1. "Acantholimon". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 193. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Sources

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Last Revised: November 20, 2008