Asterostigma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Spathicarpeae
Genus: Asterostigma
Species: A. cryptostylum – A. cubense – A. lividum – A. lombardii – A. luschnathianum – A. reticulatum – A. riedelianum – A. tweedieanum
Name

Asterostigma Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 3: 148 (1845)
Type species: Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 46 (1920) Designated as synonym Asterostigma langsdorffii K.Koch, Index Seminum (B) 1854: 8 (1855)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Staurostigma Scheidw., Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 129 (1848)
Andromycia A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 282 (1850)
Rhopalostigma Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 39 (1859)

References

Fischer, F.E.L.v. & Meyer, C.A.v. 1845. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 3: 148.
Gonçalves, E.G. 1999. A revised key for the genus Asterostigma C. A. Fisch. & Mey. (Araceae: Tribe Spathicarpeae) and a new species from southeastern Brazil. Aroideana 22: 30–33. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Asterostigma in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Asterostigma. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 18 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Asterostigma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 18.

Asterostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina.[2][3][4] The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.[5]

Species

Asterostigma cryptostylum Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais
Asterostigma cubense (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo
Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina
Asterostigma lombardii E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
Asterostigma luschnathianum Schott - southern Brazil
Asterostigma reticulatum E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil
Asterostigma riedelianum (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil
Asterostigma tweedieanum Schott - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil

References

W. Fitch - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.98 [ser.3:v.28] (1872)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010.[permanent dead link] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.