Astraea (plant)

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

Astraea
Astraea lobata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Crotoneae
Genus: Astraea
Klotzsch 1841 not Schauer 1843 (syn of Thryptomene in Myrtaceae)
Type species
Astraea lobata
(L.) Klotzsch.

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