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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Alchornea Sw.

This genus name was first published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 98 (1788)

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-4000001120.

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Synonyms of Alchornea

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Schousboea	Schumach.	–	wfo-1200066634
Bleekeria	Miq.	–	wfo-1200074777
Bleekeria	Hassk.	Retzia 1: 38. 1855.	wfo-4000004750
Cladodes	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. 2: 540, 574. 1790.	wfo-4000008427
Hermesia	Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.	Sp. Pl. 4(2): 809. 1805[1806].	wfo-4000017545
Lepidoturus	Baill.	Étude Euphorb. : 448 (1858)	wfo-4000021148
Stipellaria	Benth.	Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 6: 2. 1854.	wfo-4000036732
Caelebogyne	Js.Sm.	–	wfo-4100003266

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Alchornea alnifolia var. suarezensis	Leandri	Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 9: 181. 1941. (Notul. Syst. (Paris))	—	wfo-0001315642
Alchornea cerifera	Croizat	Caldasia 2: 128 (1943)		wfo-0000938493
Alchornea nemoralis f. intermedia	Baill. ex Müll.Arg.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2.2): 909. 1866 [late Aug 1866]		wfo-0001323565
Alchornea nemoralis var. psilorhachis	Baill. ex Müll.Arg.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2.2): 909. 1866 [late Aug 1866]		wfo-0001392023
Alchornea oblonga	Müll.Arg.	–	—	wfo-0001049307
Alchornea thozetiana var. thozetiana	–	–		wfo-0001402610