''Argythamnia'' is a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1756.Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 338–339
descriptions in Latin, discussion in English They are known commonly as silverbushes. ;Species As with many other genera, there have been many changes in classification the past several years. The following list includes species accepted as members of ''Argythamnia'' as of September 2014. The species are native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, and Texas. ;formerly included Moved to other genera ''(

Caperonia ''Caperonia'' (false croton) is a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1825. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most ...

Chiropetalum ''Chiropetalum'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1832. It is widespread across relatively dry regions of North and South America from Texas to Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic ...

Croton

Ditaxis ''Ditaxis'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. Its name comes from Greek ''dis'' ("two") and ''taxis'' ("rank"), referring to the stamens which are in two whorls. The genus is widespread across much ...

Philyra Speranskia)''

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Chrozophoreae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorb-stub