Astronium

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

Astronium
Astronium graveolens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Astronium
Jacq.[1]
Species

See text.

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

  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. 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). Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration. 88: 94-102.

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.
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