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Genus: Alchornea
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae
About 50
species, native to the tropics, with three species native to southern Africa
and an additional species that is cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Alchornea ilicifolia
Native to eastern Australia.
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