Acalypha
See also: acalypha
Translingual
Acalypha wilkesiana (beafsteak plant)
Etymology
From Latin akalypha, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλύφη (akalúphē), from ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “nettle”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæk.əˈlaɪf.ə/, /ˌəˈkæl.ə.fə/
- Rhymes: -aɪfə
Proper noun
Acalypha f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – many herbs and shrubs that grow in temperate zones.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Euphorbiaceae - family; Acalyphoideae - subfamily; Acalypheae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Acalypha virginica (Virginia copperleaf) - type species; Acalypha gracilens (slender copperleaf), Acalypha rhomboidea (common three-seeded mercury), Acalypha wilkesiana - selected other species; see references for the numerous other species
References
Acalypha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Acalypha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Acalypha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Acalypha at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Acalypha at Encyclopedia of Life
- Acalypha at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Acalypha at USDA Plants database
- Acalypha at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Acalypha at Tropicos
- Acalypha at The Plant List
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)