Acalypha L. is the third largest genus of Euphorbiaceae, with approximately 450 species. The genus is represented on almost all continents and its greatest diversity is reported to the Neotropics. In Brazil, Acalypha has ...

The Atlantic Forest is considered one of the world's hotspots of biodiversity and, even with the growing threat to its ecosystems, has a high level of biological diversity and endemism. Euphorbiaceae is one of the largest, ...

The geniculata group comprises 13 species widely distributed in the South America. As well as for nearly all lineages of Heteroptera, the genitalia in the group are poorly understood, and the underlying evolutionary ...

Croton L. is the second largest genus of Euphorbiaceae, with about 1200 species distributed mainly in the tropical regions around the world. The genus can be easily recognized by a set of characters that include indumentum ...