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The genus Alchornea is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Alchornea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Alchornea acutifolia Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea alnifolia (Bojer ex Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea anamariae Secco	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea androgyna Croizat	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea annamica Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea aquifolia (Js.Sm.) Domin	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea bogotensis Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea brittonii Secco	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea castaneifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea chiapasana Miranda	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea coelophylla Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea costaricensis Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea davidii Franch.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea discolor Poepp.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea floribunda Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea fluviatilis Secco	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea glabra (Merr.) Hurus.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea glandulosa Poepp.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea grandiflora Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea grandis Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea guatemalensis Lundell	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea hilariana Baill.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea hirtella Benth.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea humbertii Leandri	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea hunanensis H.S.Kiu	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea integrifolia Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea latifolia Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea liukiuensis Hayata	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea lojaensis Secco	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea megalophylla Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea mildbraedii Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea mollis (Benth.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea occidentalis (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea parviflora (Benth.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea pearcei Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea perrieri Leandri	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea rhodophylla Pax & K.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea rugosa (Lour.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea scandens (Lour.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea sicca (Blanco) Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea sidifolia Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea tachirensis R.de S.Secco	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea tiliifolia (Benth.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea trewioides (Benth.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea ulmifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hurus.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea vaniotii H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea websteri Secco	Accepted		WCSP
Alchornea yambuyaensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 138 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alchornea. Of these 51 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 54 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Alchornea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 138 species names for the genus Alchornea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	51	37.0%
◕	Synonym	84	60.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	2.2%

All names

The status of the 192 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alchornea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	55	28.6%
◕	Synonym	134	69.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	3	1.6%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 138 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alchornea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	51	82	0	0	133	96.4%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	1.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	3	3	2.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Alchornea, are as follows: