''Alchorneopsis'' is a

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of flowering plants in the

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first described as a genus in 1865. It is native to

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, the

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, and northern

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Notas adicionais sobre a taxonomia ea distribuição geográfica dos gêneros ''Alchorneopsis'' Muell. Arg., ''Cleidion'' Blume e ''Polyandra'' Leal (Euphorbiaceae-Acalyphoideae).
''Acta Botanica Brasilica'' 15.''Alchorneopsis portoricensis''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).Endemic Plant Facts - January 2011 - ''Alchorneopsis portoricensis''.
El Yunque National Forest. USDA Forest Service. ;Species # '' Alchorneopsis floribunda'' (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, 3 Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil # '' Alchorneopsis portoricensis'' Urb. - Puerto Rico (considered by some authors to be a synonym for ''A. floribunda)''

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Euphorbiaceae genera Acalyphoideae {{Euphorb-stub