Astronium
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Astronium Jacq.[1] |
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Astronium (syn. Myracrodruon M.Allemão) is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.
[edit] Selected species
- Astronium fraxinifolium - Goncalo alves
- Astronium graveolens - Aroeira
- Astronium lecointei
- Astronium urundeuva
In 1968, F.A. Barkley describes the genus Astronium as composed of 13 species.
- Subgenus Euastronium
- Astronium ulei
- Astronium lecointei
- Astronium glaziovii
- Astronium obliquum
- Astronium fraxinifolium
- Astronium graveolens
- Astronium gracile
- Astronium conzattii
- Astronium mirandai
- Astronium gardneri
- Subgenus Myracrodruon, Section Eumyrocrodruon
- Astronium urundeuva
- Astronium balansae
- Subgenus Myracrodruon, Section Macrocalyx
- Astronium concinnum
More recently, Santin and Leitão-Filho (1991) elevated the status of Myracrodruon from subgenus to genus. Apparently, Santin also placed Astronium concinnum into a new genus; Hermogenodendron. Further, Santin (1991) added a new species to the genus Astronium; Astronium nelson-rosae. Pell et al. (2011) lists the genus as having seven or more species.
S.K. Pell, J.D. Mitchell, A.J. Miller and T. A. Lobova, Anacardiaceae, In: Flowering Plants. Eudicots, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, 2011, Volume 10, 7-50, Springer-Verlag (2011).
D.A. Santin, and H.F. Leitão-Filho, Restabelecimento e revisão taxonômica do gênero Myracrodruon Freire Allemão (Anacardiaceae). Revista Brasileira de Botânica 14 (1991) 133–145.
D.A. Santin, Astronium nelson-rosae: nova especie de Anacardiaceae. (Astronium nelson-rosae: a new species of Anacardiaceae.) Rev. Brasil. Bot. 14(2): 103-106 (1991).
[edit] References
- ^ "Astronium Jacq.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1108. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
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