Astronium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Anacardiaceae
Subfamilia: Anacardioideae
Genus: Astronium
Species: A. concinnum – A. fraxinifolium – A. gardneri – A. glaziovii – A. gracile – A. graveolens – A. lecointei – A. nelson-rosae – A. obliquum – A. pumilum – A. ulei
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Astronium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07. Reference page.

Name

Astronium Jacq., 1760

Type species: Astronium graveolens Jacq.

References

Jacquin, N.J.v.. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 10. 1760.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Astronium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Astronium. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 07 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Astronium in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07.
Tropicos.org 2018. Astronium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 07.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Astronium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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. 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). Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration. 88: 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. 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.