Astrocasia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Wielandieae
Subtribus: Astrocasiinae
Genus: Astrocasia
Species: A. austinii – A. diegoae – A. jacobinensis – A. neurocarpa – A. peltata – A. tremula
Name

Astrocasia B.L.Rob. & Millsp., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 80: 19. (1905)

Type species: Astrocasia tremula (Griseb.) G.L.Webster, J. Arnold Arbor. 39: 208 (1958) originally designated as synonym Astrocasia phyllanthoides B.L.Rob. & Millsp., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 80: 20 (1905)

References

Robinson, B.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. 1905. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 80: 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Astrocasia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 14. Reference page.
Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. 2007. Revision of Wielandia, including Blotia and Petalodiscus (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae s.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(3): 519-553. DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[519:ROWIBA]2.0.CO;2 Paywall BHL Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 220. Astrocasia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 14 220.
Tropicos.org 2020. Astrocasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Apr. 2020.

Astrocasia is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1905.[1] It is included in the subtribe Astrocasiinae. It is native to Mesoamerica, northern South America, and the western part of the West Indies.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Plants are mostly dioecious, except for Astrocasia diegoae which is monoecious, and some individuals of A. neurocarpa and A. tremula.[8]

Species[2]

Astrocasia austinii (Standl.) G.L.Webster - Izabal
Astrocasia diegoae J.Jiménez Ram. & Mart.Gord. - Guerrero
Astrocasia jacobinensis (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Bahia, Bolivia
Astrocasia neurocarpa (Müll.Arg.) I.M.Johnst. ex Standl. - Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
Astrocasia peltata Standl. - Costa Rica, Nayarit, Jalisco
Astrocasia tremula (Griseb.) G.L.Webster - Mexico (Jalisco, Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama), West Indies (Cayman Is, Jamaica, Cuba), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, possibly Brazil)

References

Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln & Millspaugh, Charles Frederick. 1905. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 36(Beibl.80): 19-20 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394.
Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144
Calderón Sanou, I. 2014. Primer registro de Astrocasia peltata (Euphorbiaceae) en Costa Rica. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8(1): 165–168
Jiménez Ramírez, Jaime; Martínez Gordillo, Martha (2001). "Una especie nueva del género Astrocasia (Euphorbiaceae) del estado de Guerrero, México". Acta Botanica Mexicana (55): 1. doi:10.21829/abm55.2001.869.