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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Acalypha

Hierarchical position of the Genus Acalypha

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Euphorbianae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Euphorbiales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 13. 17 Sep 1833.       Familia  Euphorbiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 384. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Spurges       Subfamilia  Acalyphoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1716. Jan-Sep 1836.    Tribus  Acalypheae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 45. 1829.    Subtribus  Acalyphinae Griseb. pub. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 45. Dec 1859.    Genus  Acalypha L. pub. (1753) common name: copperleaf

Named members of the Genus Acalypha

1	Species  alopecuroidea Jacq. common name: foxtail copperleaf
2	Species  amentacea Roxb.
	3    Subspecies  wilkesiana (Muell.-Arg.) Fosberg common name: Wilkes' acalypha
4	Species  arvensis Poepp.
5	Species  australis L. common name: Australian acalypha
6	Species  berteriana Muell.-Arg. common name: Berteron acalypha
7	Species  bisetosa Bertol. ex Spreng. common name: streambank copperleaf
8	Species  californica Benth. common name: California copperleaf
9	Species  caroliniana Ell. syn. Acalypha ostryifolia
10	Species  chamaedryfolia (Lam.) Muell.-Arg. common name: bastard copperleaf
11	Species  deamii (Weatherby) Ahles common name: Deam's threeseed mercury
12	Species  gracilens Gray
	13    Varietas  delzii L. Mill. syn. Acalypha gracilens 14    Varietas  fraseri (Muell.-Arg.) Weatherby syn. Acalypha gracilens 15    Subspecies  monococca (Engelm. ex Gray) G.L. Webster syn. Acalypha monococca 16    Varietas  monococca Engelm. ex Gray syn. Acalypha monococca
17	Species  hederacea Torr. syn. Acalypha monostachya
18	Species  hispida Burm. f. common name: bristly copperleaf
19	Species  indica L.
	20    Varietas  mexicana (Muell.-Arg.) Pax & K. Hoffmann syn. Acalypha mexicana
21	Species  lindheimeri Muell.-Arg.
	22    Varietas  major Pax & K. Hoffmann syn. Acalypha phleoides
23	Species  mexicana Muell.-Arg. common name: Mexican copperleaf
24	Species  monococca (Engelm. ex Gray) L. Mill. & Gandhi common name: slender threeseed mercury
25	Species  monostachya Cav. common name: round copperleaf
26	Species  neomexicana Muell.-Arg. common name: New Mexico copperleaf
27	Species  ostryifolia Riddell common name: pineland threeseed mercury
28	Species  phleoides Cav. common name: shrubby copperleaf
29	Species  poiretii Spreng. common name: Poiret's copperleaf
30	Species  portoricensis Muell.-Arg. common name: Puerto Rico copperleaf
31	Species  pringlei S. Wats. syn. Acalypha californica
32	Species  radians Torr. common name: cardinal's feather
33	Species  rhomboidea Raf.
	34    Varietas  deamii (Weatherby) Weatherby syn. Acalypha deamii
35	Species  setosa A. Rich. common name: Cuban copperleaf
36	Species  virginica L.
	37    Varietas  deamii Weatherby syn. Acalypha deamii 38    Varietas  rhomboidea (Raf.) Cooperrider syn. Acalypha rhomboidea
39	Species  wilkesiana Muell.-Arg. syn. Acalypha amentacea ssp. wilkesiana

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.