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Euphorbiaceae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Acalypheae

Subfamily Acalyphoideae
Tribe Plukenetieae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Aleuritideae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Codiaeae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Jatropheae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Manihoteae

Subfamily Crotonoideae
Tribe Micrandreae

Subfamily Euphorbioideae
Tribe Euphorbieae

W/C = Wild Collected
Acalypha wilkesiana `Macafeana' Mull. Arg.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Copperleaf
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: New Hebrides
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Robust, branching shrub dense with red ovate leaves marbled crimson and bronze, margins serrate; the slender flower spikes are red. Tropical climate.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500605
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1214 - AUS:Phillipines-Polynesia B
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-28-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae
  • SubFamily: Acalyphoideae
  • Tribe: Acalypheae
  • SubTribe: Acalyphinae
References:

Exotica by A.B.Graf

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