Acalypha
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Acalypha

acalypha
cardinal's feather
copperleaf
threeseed mercury

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.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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