Alchorneopsis
| Alchorneopsis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Alchorneopsis portoricensis[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Caryodendreae |
| Genus: | Alchorneopsis Müll.Arg. |
| Type species | |
| Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg. | |
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]
- Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, 3 Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
- Alchorneopsis portoricensis Urb. - Puerto Rico (considered by some authors to be a synonym for A. floribunda)[8]
References
- ↑ drawing from US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Collection
- ↑ Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1865. Linnaea 34: 156-157 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Alchorneopsis portoricensis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- 1 2 Endemic Plant Facts - January 2011 - Alchorneopsis portoricensis. El Yunque National Forest. USDA Forest Service.
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