The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1.1 of The Plant List has been superseded and should no longer be used.

The new version is available at http://www.worldfloraonline.org. The new version is enhanced, using more data sources including Taxonomic Expert Networks and will be more frequently updated.

Alchornea

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

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Alchornea acutifolia Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea alnifolia (Bojer ex Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea anamariae Secco Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea androgyna Croizat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea annamica Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea aquifolia (Js.Sm.) Domin Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea bogotensis Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea brittonii Secco Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea castaneifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea cerifera Croizat Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea chiapasana Miranda Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea coelophylla Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea costaricensis Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea davidii Franch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea discolor Poepp. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea elliottii S. Watson Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Alchornea floribunda Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea fluviatilis Secco Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea glabra (Merr.) Hurus. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Alchornea grandiflora Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea grandis Benth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea guatemalensis Lundell Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea hilariana Baill. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea hirtella Benth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Alchornea humbertii Leandri Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea hunanensis H.S.Kiu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea integrifolia Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea latifolia Sw. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea liukiuensis Hayata Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea lojaensis Secco Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea megalophylla Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea mildbraedii Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea mollis (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea oblonga Müll. Arg. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Alchornea occidentalis (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea parviflora (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea pearcei Britton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea perrieri Leandri Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea rhodophylla Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea rugosa (Lour.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea scandens (Lour.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea sicca (Blanco) Merr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea sidifolia Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea tachirensis R.de S.Secco Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea tiliifolia (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea trewioides (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea ulmifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hurus. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea vaniotii H.Lév. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea websteri Secco Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Alchornea yambuyaensis De Wild. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 167 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Alchornea. Of these 52 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 57 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 167 species names for the genus Alchornea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 52 31.1%
Synonym 113 67.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 1.2%

All names

The status of the 224 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Alchornea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 55 24.6%
Synonym 167 74.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 0.9%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 167 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Alchornea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 51 105 0 0 156 93.4%
Medium confidence 1 8 0 0 9 5.4%
Low confidence 0 0 0 2 2 1.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Alchornea is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 6 0 1 0 8 4.8%
WCSP 51 105 0 1 0 157 94.0%
WCSP (in review) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.2%