Biology:Actinostemon

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Actinostemon
Scientific classification e
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
  • Actinostema Lindl., 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]


formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Gymnanthes Sebastiania


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/. 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

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