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Astronium

Astronium is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to Central and South America.

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Astronium
Astronium graveolens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Astronium
Jacq.1
Species

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Astronium is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to Central and South America.

Astronium is a genus of dioecious trees. Leaves are deciduous, alternate, and odd-pinnate.2

Species

As of September 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:3

  • Astronium concinnum Schott
  • Astronium fraxinifolium Schott
  • Astronium gardneri Mattick
  • Astronium glaziovii Mattick
  • Astronium graveolens Jacq. (syn. Astronium conzattii S.F.Blake)
  • Astronium lecointei Ducke
  • Astronium mirandae F.A.Barkley
  • Astronium nelson-rosae Santin
  • Astronium obliquum Griseb.
  • Astronium pumilum J.D.Mitch. & Daly
  • Astronium ulei Mattick

Species formerly placed in this genus that are now placed in Myracrodruon include:4

Fossil record

Fossils of an Astronium sp. have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age.5

References

References

  1. "Astronium Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  2. "Astronium Jacq". Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae molecular systematics and taxonomic research. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. "Astronium Jacq.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-02
  4. "Myracrodruon Allemão.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-02
  5. Kasaplıgil, Baki (1977). "Ankara, Kızılcahamam yakınındaki Güvem köyü civarında bulunan son tersiyer kozalaklı-yeşil yapraklı ormanı" [A Late-Tertiary Conifer-Hardwood Forest From the Vicinity of Güvem Village, Near Kızılcahamam, Ankara] (PDF). Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration (in Turkish and English). 88. Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration: 94–102.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Pell, S. K.; Mitchell, J.D.; Miller, A.J.; Lobova, T.A. (2011). "Anacardiaceae". In Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.). Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae. Flowering Plants. Eudicots, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 10. Springer-Verlag. pp. 7–50. ISBN 9783642143977.
  • Santin, D.A.; Leitão-Filho., H.F. (1991). "Restabelecimento e revisão taxonômica do gênero Myracrodruon Freire Allemão (Anacardiaceae)". Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 14: 133–45.