Biology:Astronium
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| 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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1108.
- ↑ "Astronium Jacq.". Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae molecular systematics and taxonomic research. http://www.anacardiaceae.org/anacardiaceae/a-genera/astronium/.
- ↑ "Astronium Jacq.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1749-1, retrieved 2021-09-02
- ↑ "Myracrodruon Allemão.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1863-1, retrieved 2021-09-02
- ↑ Kasaplıgil, Baki (1977). "Ankara, Kızılcahamam yakınındaki Güvem köyü civarında bulunan son tersiyer kozalaklı-yeşil yapraklı ormanı" (in tr, en) (PDF). Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration (Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration) 88: 94–102. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/bulletinofmre/issue/3914/52153.
Further reading
- Pell, S. K.; Mitchell, J.D.; Miller, A.J.; Lobova, T.A. (2011). "Anacardiaceae". in Kubitzki, Klaus. Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae. Flowering Plants. Eudicots, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 10. Springer-Verlag. pp. 7–50. ISBN 9783642143977. https://books.google.com/books?id=_hHvYeQYTTEC&pg=PA7.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2473668 entry
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