Euphorbiaceae
Alchornea
Alchornea hirtella

Alchornea hirtella f. hirtella

This form is accepted
The native range of this form is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2019 Forest Plot [SC L001] Mozambique K001346168 Yes
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [2954] Tanzania K003954898 Yes
Laizer, G.; Festo, L.; Luke, Q.; Luke, P. [1556] Tanzania K003954897 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [3286] Zambia K003954977 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1816] Tanzania K003954899 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F8787] Zambia K003954979 Yes
White, F. [3293] Zambia K003954978 Yes
Astle, W.L. [567] Zambia K003954980 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0