Actinostemon

Actinostemon
Actinostemon concolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Actinostemon
Mart. ex Klotzsch
Synonyms
  • Dactylostemon Klotzsch
  • Actinostema Lindl., spelling variant

Actinostemon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

Species
  1. Actinostemon amazonicus - Peru, S Venezuela, N Brazil
  2. Actinostemon brachypodus - Pinar del Río, La Habana
  3. Actinostemon caribaeus - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, N Venezuela
  4. Actinostemon concepcionis - Paraguay, S Brazil, Corrientes
  5. Actinostemon concolor - Paraguay, S Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Misiones
  6. Actinostemon desertorum - S Brazil
  7. Actinostemon echinatus - Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro
  8. Actinostemon glaziovii - Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais
  9. Actinostemon guyanensis - Guyana
  10. Actinostemon imbricatus - NW Brazil
  11. Actinostemon klotzschii - Brazil, Bolivia
  12. Actinostemon lagoensis - S Brazil
  13. Actinostemon lasiocarpus - E Brazil
  14. Actinostemon leptopus - S Brazil
  15. Actinostemon macrocarpus - S Brazil
  16. Actinostemon mandiocanus - Rio de Janeiro
  17. Actinostemon schomburgkii - Venezuela, 3 Guianas, N Brazil, Bolivia
  18. Actinostemon sparsifolius - S Brazil
  19. Actinostemon verticillatus - E Brazil
formerly included

moved to other genera: Gymnanthes Sebastiania

  1. A. anisandrus - Sebastiania brasiliensis
  2. A. brasiliensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis
  3. A. jamaicensis - Gymnanthes glandulosa
  4. A. luquensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis
  5. A. unciformis - Sebastiania klotzschiana
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