Astronium
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| Astronium | |
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| Astronium graveolens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Astronium Jacq.[1] |
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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]
- Astronium balansae Engl. → Myracrodruon balansae
- Astronium urundeuva → Myracrodruon urundeuva
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
- ^ "Astronium Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- ^ "Astronium Jacq". Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae molecular systematics and taxonomic research. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "Astronium Jacq.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-02
- ^ "Myracrodruon Allemão.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-02
- ^ 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
- 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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