''Alchornea'' is a

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of the

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Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as '' Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, ...

first described as a genus in 1788. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of

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, South

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, Australia,

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, and various oceanic islands. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that ''

Bocquillonia ''Bocquillonia'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1862. The entire genus is endemic (ecology), endemic to New Caledonia (including smaller islands that are part of the territory). Molecu ...

'' from New Caledonia is nested in ''Alchornea''.Wurdack, K. J., P. Hoffmann, and M. W. Chase (2005). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto) Using Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences.” American Journal of Botany 92(8): 1397–1420. ;Species ;formerly included moved to other genera ''(

Aparisthmium ''Aparisthmium'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Mos ...

Cleidion ''Cleidion'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1826. It is found in tropical and subtropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.Webster, G. L. & ...

Cnesmone ''Cnesmone'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1826. It is native to southern China and to much of Southeast Asia (Indochina, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, ...

Discocleidion ''Discocleidion'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1914. It contains one accepted species, ''Discocleidion rufescens'', endemic to China.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Che ...

Discoglypremna ''Discoglypremna'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1911. It contains only one known species, ''Discoglypremna caloneura'', native to tropical Africa (Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, ...

Necepsia ''Necepsia'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It is native to Madagascar and to tropical Africa.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliog ...

Neoscortechinia ''Neoscortechinia'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1897. It is native to Southeast Asia and Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording ...

Orfilea ''Orfilea'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliograp ...

Sampantaea ''Sampantaea amentiflora'' is a plant species of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1972. The genus ''Sampantaea'' is monotypic and found in Thailand and Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា ...

Trigonostemon ''Trigonostemon'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of its tribe (Trigonostemoneae). It was first described as a genus in 1826.Wetria ''Wetria'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Australia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as South ...

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Alchorneae Euphorbiaceae genera Taxa named by Olof Swartz {{medicinal-plant-stub