Acalyphinae (Subtribe)

Overview

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A Subtribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Subtribe Acalyphinae is a member of the Tribe Acalypheae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Acalyphinae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866
  - 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
        Subtribe: Acalyphinae

The Subtribe Acalyphinae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (1): Acalypha
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 586 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subtribe Acalyphinae.

Genera

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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]

At least 1,204 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Acalypha.

More info about the Genus Acalypha may be found here.

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