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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Acalyphoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Acalyphoideae

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.

Named members of the Subfamily Acalyphoideae

1	Tribus  Acalypheae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 45. 1829.
	2    Subtribus  Acalyphinae Griseb. pub. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 45. Dec 1859.   3    Genus  Acalypha L. pub. (1753) common name: copperleaf

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.

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