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A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
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acalypha
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Acalypha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae . It is the sole genus of the subtribe Acalyphinae . It is one of the largest euphorb genera, with approximately 450 to 462 species . The genus name Acalypha is from the Greek akalephes ...
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n. Any of the genus ''Acalypha'' of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.
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Again, Euphorbia, a mundane or widely distributed genus, has here eight species, of which seven are confined to the archipelago, and not one found on any two islands: Acalypha and Borreria, both mundane genera, have respectively six and seven species, none of which have the same species on two islands, with the exception of one Borreria, which does occur on two islands.