Alchorneopsis

Alchorneopsis
Alchorneopsis portoricensis [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Caryodendreae
Genus:	Alchorneopsis Müll.Arg.
Type species
Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg.

Alchorneopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1865. ^{[2] [3]} It is native to Central America, the Greater Antilles, and northern South America. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Species ^[4]

1. Alchorneopsis floribunda (Benth.) Müll.Arg. - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, 3 Guianas, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, NW Brazil
2. Alchorneopsis portoricensis Urb. - Puerto Rico (considered by some authors to be a synonym for A. floribunda) ^[8]

References

1. drawing from US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Collection
2. Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1865. Linnaea 34: 156-157 in Latin
3. Tropicos
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
6. Secco, R. D. S. (2001). Notas adicionais sobre a taxonomia ea distribuição geográfica dos gêneros Alchorneopsis Muell. Arg., Cleidion Blume e Polyandra Leal (Euphorbiaceae-Acalyphoideae). Acta Botanica Brasilica 15.
7. Alchorneopsis portoricensis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
8. Endemic Plant Facts - January 2011 - Alchorneopsis portoricensis. El Yunque National Forest. USDA Forest Service.