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Argythamnia
Genus of flowering plants
Argythamnia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Euphorbiaceae. They are known commonly as silverbushes. The genus includes 66 species native to the Americas, ranging from the southwestern and south-central United States through Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to southern Argentina.
The genus was described by Patrick Browne in 1756.
01Species
66 species are accepted as of May 2026. There have been many changes in classification the past several years.
- Argythamnia acaulis (Herter) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia acutangula Croizat, Colombia
- Argythamnia adenophora A.Gray
- Argythamnia alcalina J.Külkamp
- Argythamnia aphoroides Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia argentea Millsp., South Caicos
- Argythamnia argothamnoides (Bertol. ex Spreng.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia argyaea Cory, Texas
- Argythamnia arlynniana J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia brandegeei Millsp.
- Argythamnia breviramea Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia calycina Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia candicans Sw., West Indies
- Argythamnia claryana Jeps.
- Argythamnia coatepensis (Brandegee) Croizat, Veracruz and Puebla
- Argythamnia cubensis Britton & P.Wilson, Cuba
- Argythamnia cuneifolia (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia cyanophylla (Wooton & Standl.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia depressa (Greenm.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia desertorum Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia dioica (Kunth) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia ecdyomena J.W.Ingram, Alta Verapaz
- Argythamnia erubescens J.R.Johnst.
- Argythamnia estacionalis M.M.Ornelas & J.Külkamp
- Argythamnia fasciculata (Vahl ex A.Juss.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia grazielae (J.Külkamp) J.Külkamp & Riina
- Argythamnia guatemalensis Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia haitiensis (Urb.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia haplostigma Pax & K.Hoffm., Roatán
- Argythamnia heterantha (Zucc.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia heteropilosa J.W.Ingram, Cuba
- Argythamnia humilis (Engelm. & A.Gray) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia illimaniensis Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia ingramii Ram.-Amezcua & V.W.Steinm.
- Argythamnia jablonszkyana (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia katharinae (Pax) Croizat
- Argythamnia lanceolata (Benth.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia lottiae J.W.Ingram, Jalisco
- Argythamnia lucayana Millsp., Bahamas, Turks & Caicos
- Argythamnia lundellii J.W.Ingram, Yucatán Peninsula
- Argythamnia macrantha (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Croizat
- Argythamnia macrobotrys (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia malpighiacea Ule
- Argythamnia malpighipila (Hicken) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia manzanilloana Rose
- Argythamnia mercurialina (Nutt.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia microphylla Pax, Camagüey
- Argythamnia montevidensis (Didr.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia moorei J.W.Ingram, Guerrero
- Argythamnia oblongifolia Urb., Hispaniola
- Argythamnia pilosissima (Benth.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia polygama (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Argythamnia pringlei Greenm.
- Argythamnia proctorii J.W.Ingram, Grand Cayman
- Argythamnia purpurascens S.Moore
- Argythamnia salina (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia sellowiana (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia sericea Griseb., Bahamas, Turks & Caicos
- Argythamnia serrata (Torr.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia silviae Ram.-Amezcua & V.W.Steinm.
- Argythamnia simoniana (Casar.) Müll.Arg.
- Argythamnia simulans J.W.Ingram
- Argythamnia sitiens (Brandegee) J.W.Ingram, Veracruz
- Argythamnia stahlii Urb., Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
- Argythamnia tinctoria Millsp., Veracruz, Yucatán, Guatemala, Honduras
- Argythamnia wheeleri J.W.Ingram, Yucatán
formerly placed here
Moved to other genera (Caperonia, Chiropetalum, Croton, Philyra, and Speranskia)
- A. acalyphifolia - Caperonia acalyphifolia
- A. aculeolata - Caperonia aculeolata
- A. angustissima - Caperonia angustissima
- A. anisotricha - Chiropetalum anisotrichum
- A. argentinensis - Chiropetalum argentinense
- A. astroplethos - Chiropetalum astroplethos
- A. bahiensis - Caperonia bahiensis
- A. berteroana - Chiropetalum berteroanum
- A. boliviensis - Chiropetalum boliviense
- A. brasiliensis - Philyra brasiliensis
- A. buettneriacea - Caperonia buettneriacea
- A. canescens - Chiropetalum canescens
- A. cantonensis - Speranskia cantonensis
- A. castaneifolia - Caperonia castaneifolia
- A. corchorodes - Caperonia corchoroides
- A. cordata - Caperonia cordata
- A. cremnophila - Chiropetalum cremnophilum
- A. foliosa - Chiropetalum foliosum
- A. grisea - Chiropetalum griseum
- A. gymnadenia - Chiropetalum gymnadenium
- A. herbacea - Croton monanthogynus
- A. heteropetala - Caperonia heteropetala
- A. heteropetalodes - Caperonia heteropetala
- A. hochstetteri - Caperonia serrata
- A. intermedia - Chiropetalum intermedium
- A. langsdorffii - Caperonia langsdorffii
- A. linearifolia - Caperonia linearifolia
- A. lineata - Chiropetalum tricoccum
- A. mollis - Chiropetalum molle
- A. muellerargoviana - Caperonia gardneri
- A. multicostata - Caperonia multicostata
- A. paludosa - Caperonia castaneifolia
- A. palustris - Caperonia palustris
- A. pavoniana - Chiropetalum pavonianum
- A. phalacradenia - Chiropetalum phalacradenium
- A. pilosistyla - Chiropetalum pilosistylum
- A. quinquecuspidata - Chiropetalum quinquecuspidatum
- A. ramboi - Chiropetalum ramboi
- A. regnellii - Caperonia regnellii
- A. ruiziana - Chiropetalum ruizianum
- A. rutenbergii - Caperonia rutenbergii
- A. schiedeana - Chiropetalum schiedeanum
- A. senegalensis - Caperonia serrata
- A. sponiella - Chiropetalum canescens
- A. stenophylla - Caperonia stenophylla
- A. triandra - Chiropetalum boliviense
- A. tricocca - Chiropetalum tricoccum
- A. tricuspidata - Chiropetalum tricuspidatum
- A. tuberculata - Speranskia tuberculata
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