Alchornea Swartz 1788 (spurge)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Full reference: O.P. Swartz. 1788. Nova Genera & Species Plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum Vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1983-87. International Plant Names Index 6

Parent taxon: Euphorbiaceae according to O.P. Swartz 1788

Sister taxa: Acalypha, Acalyphoideae, Agrostistachyophyllum, Alchorneaephyllum, Alchorneites, Aleuriteophyllum, Aleurites, Aleuritoxylon, Amperea, Antidesma, Baccaurea, Baliospermophyllum, Baliospermum, Baloghiaephyllum, Beyeria, Bischofinium, Bischofioxylon, Breynia, Bridelia, Bridelioxylon, Cephalomappa, Cleistanthus, Codiaephyllum, Croton, Crotonoideae, Crotonophyllum, Drypetes, Euphorbia, Euphorbiocarpon, Euphorbiofolium, Euphorbioides, Euphorbiophloios, Euphorbiophyllum, Euphorbiospermum, Euphorbiotheca, Euphorbioxylon, Euphorbocarpum, Excoecaria, Glochidion, Heveoxylon, Hippomaneoidea, Homonoia, Limalbocarpon, Macaranga, Macarangaephyllum, Mallotophyllum, Mallotoxylon, Mallotus, Omalanthus, Palaeowetherellia, Phyllanthinium, Phyllanthoideae, Phyllanthus, Piranheoxylon, Pseudolachnostyloxylon, Putranjivoxylon, Sapium, Securinegoxylon, Stillingia, Tithymalus, Trewia, Tricolporopollenites, Wetherellia, Xylophyllites

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Tanzania (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1), Uganda (1)

• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Panama (6)

• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (11)

• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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