''Actinocephalus'' is a genus of plants in the
Eriocaulaceae
The Eriocaulaceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the order Poales, commonly known as the pipewort family. The family is large, with about 1207 known species described in seven genera. They are widely distributed, with the ce ...
, first described in 2004. The entire genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It was formerly regarded as part of the related genus ''
Paepalanthus
''Paepalanthus'' is a genus of plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. It has about 300-400 species, native mostly to tropical Africa and Latin America, with a few species in Japan and Madagascar.Trovó, M. & Takeo Sano, P. (2010). Taxonomic survey o ...
'', but recent studies have suggested that the two groups are better separated.
[Costa, Fabiane Nepomuceno. 2013. Novon 22(3): 285-288.]
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Actinocephalus aggregatus''
F.N.Costa - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus bongardii''
(A.St.-Hil.) Sano - eastern + southern Brazil
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Actinocephalus brachypus''
(Bong.) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus cabralensis''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus callophyllus''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus ciliatus''
(Bong.) Sano - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
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Actinocephalus cipoensis''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus claussenianus''
(Körn.) Sano - eastern + southern Brazil
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Actinocephalus compactus''
(Gardner) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus coutoensis''
(Moldenke) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus deflexus''
F.N.Costa - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus delicatus''
Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus denudatus''
(Körn.) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus diffusus''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus divaricatus''
(Bong.) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus falcifolius''
(Körn.) Sano - Minas Gerais, Bahia
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Actinocephalus fimbriatus''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus giuliettiae''
Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus glabrescens''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus graminifolius''
F.N.Costa - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus herzogii''
(Moldenke) Sano - Bahia
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Actinocephalus heterotrichus''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus ithyphyllus''
(Mart.) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus koernickeanus''
Trovó & F.N.Costa - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus nodifer''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus ochrocephalus''
(Körn.) Sano - Bahia
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Actinocephalus pachyphyllus''
(Körn.) F.N.Costa, Trovó & Echtern. - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus polyanthus''
(Bong.) Sano - eastern + southern Brazil
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Actinocephalus ramosus''
( Wikstr.) Sano - eastern Brazil
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Actinocephalus rigidus''
(Bong.) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus robustus''
(Silveira) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus stereophyllus''
(Ruhland) Sano - Minas Gerais
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Actinocephalus verae''
Sano & Trovó - Minas Gerais
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15967294
Eriocaulaceae
Poales genera
Endemic flora of Brazil