Astraea | |
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Astraea lobata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
Tribe: | Crotoneae |
Genus: | Astraea Klotzsch 1841 not Schauer 1843 (syn of Thryptomene in Myrtaceae) |
Type species | |
Astraea lobata (L.) Klotzsch. |
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