Actinostemon

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.

• # Actinostemon amazonicus - Peru, S Venezuela, N Brazil
 * Species

• # 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

moved to other genera: Gymnanthes Sebastiania • # A. anisandrus - Sebastiania brasiliensis
 * formerly included

• # A. brasiliensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis

• # A. jamaicensis - Gymnanthes glandulosa

• # A. luquensis - Sebastiania brasiliensis

• # A. unciformis - Sebastiania klotzschiana