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Astraea (plant)

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Astraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Genus:
Astraea

Klotzsch 1841 not Schauer 1843 (syn of Thryptomene in Myrtaceae)
Type species
Astraea lobata
(L.) Klotzsch.

Astraea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Astraea aureomarginata - Paraguay
  2. Astraea cincta - Brazil
  3. Astraea comosa - Minas Gerais
  4. Astraea hauthalii - Paraguay
  5. Astraea jatropha - Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais
  6. Astraea klotzschii - E Brazil
  7. Astraea lobata - widespread from Florida and Mexico south to northern Argentina; naturalized in Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Arabian Peninsula
  8. Astraea praetervisa - Bahia

References

  1. ^ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 194-195 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ^ Tropicos, Astraea Klotzsch
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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