Asterostigma

Asterostigma
Asterostigma luschnathianum [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Aroideae
Tribe:	Spathicarpeae
Genus:	Asterostigma Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 1845
Synonyms [2]
StaurostigmaScheidw. AndromyciaA.Rich. RhopalostigmaSchott

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

1. W. Fitch - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.98 [ser.3:v.28] (1872)
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. 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.
4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
5. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN   0-88192-485-7.