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4388.000 Alchornea
Description of the genus
Dioecious, sometimes monoecious, trees or shrubs. Indumentum simple. Leaves simple, alternate, with or without stipels. Male flowers in clusters; calyx closed in bud, later splitting into 2-5 valvate lobes; disk 0; petals 0; anthers 2-thecous; stamens 8 or fewer. Female flowers usually 1 per bract; sepals (3-)4(-6); disk 0; petals 0; ovary 2-3-locular. Fruits 2-4-lobed, smooth or warty, splitting into 2-valved cocci. Worldwide: 70 species, occurring in the tropics. Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| hirtella Benth.[LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
| laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K. Hoffm. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Alchornea:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: AlchorneaFlora of the DRC: Alchornea
Flora of Malawi: Alchornea
Flora of Mozambique: Alchornea
Flora of Zambia: Alchornea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AlchorneaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alchornea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alchornea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Alchornea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Alchornea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alchornea
JSTOR Plant Science: Alchornea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alchornea
Plants of the World Online: Alchornea
Tropicos: Alchornea
Wikipedia: Alchornea
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