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Taxonomy

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 765 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Acalypha.

More info about the Genus Acalypha may be found here.

Acanthocalyx

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

At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Acanthocalyx.

More info about the Genus Acanthocalyx may be found here.

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]

At least 426 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Acantholimon.

More info about the Genus Acantholimon may be found here.

Coleonema

At least 21 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Coleonema.

More info about the Genus Coleonema may be found here.

Macaranga

Macaranga is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae. Native to Africa, Asia and the South Pacific, the genus comprises over 300 different species. These plants are noted for being recolonizers, that is, they are among the first plants to appear on disturbed ground. [more]

At least 393 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Macaranga.

More info about the Genus Macaranga may be found here.

Mallotus

Mallotus may refer to: [more]

At least 210 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Mallotus.

More info about the Genus Mallotus may be found here.

Mercurialis

At least 34 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Mercurialis.

More info about the Genus Mercurialis may be found here.

Ricinus

The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a plant species of the Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ricinus and of the subtribe Ricininae. Its seed is the castor bean which, despite its name, is not a true bean. [more]

At least 69 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Ricinus.

More info about the Genus Ricinus may be found here.

Bibliography

• Peng Ze-xiang (as Peng Tse-hsiang) in Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang), ed. 1987. Plumbaginaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 1-47.

Footnotes

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

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