Astronium
Astronium (syn. Myracrodruon M.Allemão) is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.
| Astronium | |
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| Astronium balansae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Astronium Jacq.[1] |
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Diversity
Species include:[2]
- Astronium balansae — curupach, pae ferro, urundahy
- Astronium concinnum
- Astronium conzattii
- Astronium fraxinifolium — kingwood, locustwood, tigerwood, zebrawood, arroeira-do-campo, chibatã, gonçalo alves
- Astronium gardneri
- Astronium glaziovii
- Astronium graveolens — glassywood, aroeira, copaiva, gateado
- Astronium lecointei — miracoatiara, almendro macho, bolaquiro, guasanero
- Astronium mirandae
- Astronium nelson-rosae[3]
- Astronium obliquum
- Astronium ulei
- Astronium urundeuva — urunday, aroeira, cuchi, sotocele
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.[4]
References
- "Astronium Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
- Astronium. The Plant List.
- Santin, D.A. (1991). "Astronium nelson-rosae: nova especie de Anacardiaceae". Rev. Brasil. Bot. 14 (2): 103–6.
- Kasaplıgil, B.-(1975): Pliocene Flora of Güvem village near Ankara, Turkey, Abstracts of the Papers Presented at the XII International Botanical Congress, Akademika Nauk SSSR, 1: 115, Leningrad
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. 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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