Common name: Copperleaf
Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Country of Origin: Bismarck Arch. to SW. Pacific
Description: Robust, branching shrub dense with red ovate leaves marbled crimson and bronze, margins serrate; the slender flower spikes are red. Tropical climate.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 10a-11
Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
- SubFamily: Acalyphoideae
- Tribe: Acalypheae
- SubTribe: Acalyphinae
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 21 October 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed 21 October 2015.
- Exotica by A.B.Graf
- Poisonous Plants at University of California. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 05, 2017.
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