Actinostemon
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| Actinostemon concolor | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[1] | |
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Actinostemon is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[2][3] It is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.[1][4][5][6]
- Species[1]
- Actinostemon amazonicus - Peru, S Venezuela, N Brazil
- Actinostemon brachypodus - Pinar del Río, La Habana
- Actinostemon caribaeus - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, N Venezuela
- Actinostemon concepcionis - Paraguay, S Brazil, Corrientes
- Actinostemon concolor - Paraguay, S Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Misiones
- Actinostemon desertorum - S Brazil
- Actinostemon echinatus - Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro
- Actinostemon glaziovii - Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais
- Actinostemon guyanensis - Guyana
- Actinostemon imbricatus - NW Brazil
- Actinostemon klotzschii - Brazil, Bolivia
- Actinostemon lagoensis - S Brazil
- Actinostemon lasiocarpus - E Brazil
- Actinostemon leptopus - S Brazil
- Actinostemon macrocarpus - S Brazil
- Actinostemon mandiocanus - Rio de Janeiro
- Actinostemon schomburgkii - Venezuela, 3 Guianas, N Brazil, Bolivia
- Actinostemon sparsifolius - S Brazil
- Actinostemon verticillatus - E Brazil
- formerly included[1]
moved to other genera: Gymnanthes Sebastiania
- A. anisandrus - Sebastiania brasiliensis
- A. brasiliensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis
- A. jamaicensis - Gymnanthes glandulosa
- A. luquensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis
- A. unciformis - Sebastiania klotzschiana
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 184-185 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Actinostemon Mart. ex Klotzsch
- ^ 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.
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - ^ González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394
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