Astrocasia

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Astrocasia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Wielandieae
Subtribe: Astrocasiinae
Genus: Astrocasia
B.L.Rob. & Millsp.

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]
  1. Astrocasia austinii (Standl.) G.L.Webster - Izabal
  2. Astrocasia diegoae J.Jiménez Ram. & Mart.Gord. - Guerrero
  3. Astrocasia jacobinensis (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Bahia, Bolivia
  4. Astrocasia neurocarpa (Müll.Arg.) I.M.Johnst. ex Standl. - Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
  5. Astrocasia peltata Standl. - Costa Rica, Nayarit, Jalisco
  6. 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)

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References

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