Alchorneopsis

<i>Alchorneopsis</i>

Alchorneopsis

Genus of flowering plants

Alchorneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865.[2][3] It is native to Central America, the Greater Antilles, and northern South America.[4][5][6][7][8]

Species[4]
  1. Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, 3 Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
  2. Alchorneopsis portoricensis Urb. - Puerto Rico (considered by some authors to be a synonym for A. floribunda)[8]

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References

  1. [1]
    drawing from US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Collection
  2. [2]
    Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1865. Linnaea 34: 156-157 in Latin
  3. [3]
    Tropicos
  4. [4]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. [5]
    Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. [6]
    Secco, R. D. S. (2001). Notas adicionais sobre a taxonomia ea distribuição geográfica dos gêneros Alchorneopsis Muell. Arg., Cleidion Blume e Polyandra Leal (Euphorbiaceae-Acalyphoideae). Acta Botanica Brasilica 15.
  7. [7]
    Alchorneopsis portoricensis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  8. [8]
    Endemic Plant Facts - January 2011 - Alchorneopsis portoricensis. El Yunque National Forest. USDA Forest Service.


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