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 [1]
Dactylostemon Klotzsch ActinostemaLindl., spelling variant

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]

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 ^[1]

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

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 184-185 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Actinostemon Mart. ex Klotzsch
4. 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.
5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. 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