Overview
Taxonomy
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
- 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
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
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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