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Asterostigma

Asterostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina. The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.SpeciesAsterostigma cryptostylum Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais Asterostigma cubense (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina Asterostigma lombardii E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo Asterostigma luschnathianum Schott - southern Brazil Asterostigma reticulatum E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil Asterostigma riedelianum (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil Asterostigma tweedieanum Schott - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil

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Asterostigma
Asterostigma luschnathianum1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Spathicarpeae
Genus: Asterostigma
Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 1845
Synonyms2
  • Staurostigma Scheidw.
  • Andromycia A.Rich.
  • Rhopalostigma Schott

Asterostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina.234 The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.5

Species
  • Asterostigma cryptostylum Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais
  • Asterostigma cubense (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo
  • Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina
  • Asterostigma lombardii E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
  • Asterostigma luschnathianum Schott - southern Brazil
  • Asterostigma reticulatum E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil
  • Asterostigma riedelianum (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil
  • Asterostigma tweedieanum Schott - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil
References

References

  1. W. Fitch - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.98 [ser.3:v.28] (1872)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil [1] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.