Actinostemon
# 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.

## Species

* 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

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
