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June 2025

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genus

Acalypha L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1003 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000080.

Statistics

Synonyms of Acalypha

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Usteria Dennst. wfo-1200066672
Acalyphopsis Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. IV. 147 XVI(Heft 85): 178. 1924. wfo-4000000082
Calyptrospatha Klotzsch ex Baill. Étude Euphorb. 440. 1858. wfo-4000006325
Caturus L. Mant. Pl. 1: 19 (1767) wfo-4000007039
Corythea S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 451. 1887. (post 18 Apr 1887) wfo-4000009427
Cupamenis Raf. Sylva Tellur. 67. 1838. wfo-4000010052
Gymnalypha Griseb. Bonplandia (Hannover) 6: 2. 1858. wfo-4000016426
Linostachys Klotzsch ex Schltdl. Linnaea 19: 235. 1847[1846]. (Feb 1846) wfo-4000021892
Odonteilema Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 587. 1848. wfo-4000026575
Paracelsea Zoll. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 171 (1857) wfo-4000027982
Ricinocarpus Burm. ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 615 (1891) wfo-4000033248
Mercuriastrum Heist. ex Fabr. Enum. [Fabr.]. 202. 1759 ; vide Dandy, Ind. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 1753-74 (Regn. Veg.li.) 64 (1967) wfo-4000048497
Acalyphes Hassk. wfo-4100003255
Cupameni Adans. wfo-4100003268

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Acalypha:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link