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Actinostemon
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Quick Facts Actinostemon, Scientific classification ...
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Actinostemon concolor | |
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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 |
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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