Genus of flowering plants
Astronium 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]
Species formerly placed in this genus that are now placed in Myracrodruon [ 4]
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). 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.
