Astronium

Astronium
Astronium graveolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:	Anacardioideae
Genus:	Astronium Jacq. [1]
Species
See text.

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 ^[update] , 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 conzattiiS.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 balansaeEngl. → 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

1. "Astronium Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
2. "Astronium Jacq". Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae molecular systematics and taxonomic research. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
3. "Astronium Jacq.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-02
4. "Myracrodruon Allemão.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-02
5. 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). 88. Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration: 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. Vol. 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.