Alchornea laxiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Alchornea laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 245 (1914).

Basionym
- Lepidoturus laxiflorus Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 13: 76, t. 1297 (1879).
Heterotypic
- Alchornea engleri Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 80 (1909).
- Alchornea schlechteri Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 221 (1909).
- Macaranga thonneri De Wild., Études Fl. Bangala & Ubangi: 227 (1911).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Tropical Africa
  - Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Guinea; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe

Pax, F.A. & Hoffmann, K. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1914. Das Pflanzenreich, IV, 147, VII: 245.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alchornea laxiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Alchornea laxiflora. Published online. Accessed: Jun 07 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Alchornea laxiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 07. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Alchornea laxiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Jun 2020.

Afrikaans: Vendakralesnoer
English: Venda bead-string, Lowveld bead-string
chiShona: Murarahomba, Muruka

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