Astronium

Astronium (syn. Myracrodruon M.Allemão) is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.

Selected species

• Astronium fraxinifolium - Goncalo alves
• Astronium graveolens - Aroeira
• Astronium lecointei
• Astronium urundeuva

In 1968, F.A. Barkley describes the genus Astronium as composed of 13 species.

• Subgenus Euastronium

1. Astronium ulei
2. Astronium lecointei
3. Astronium glaziovii
4. Astronium obliquum
5. Astronium fraxinifolium
6. Astronium graveolens
7. Astronium gracile
8. Astronium conzattii
9. Astronium mirandai
10. Astronium gardneri

• Subgenus Myracrodruon, Section Eumyrocrodruon

1. Astronium urundeuva
2. Astronium balansae

• Subgenus Myracrodruon, Section Macrocalyx

1. Astronium concinnum

More recently, Santin and Leitão-Filho (1991) elevated the status of Myracrodruon from subgenus to genus. Apparently, Santin also placed Astronium concinnum into a new genus; Hermogenodendron. Further, Santin (1991) added a new species to the genus Astronium; Astronium nelson-rosae. Pell et al. (2011) lists the genus as having seven or more species.

S.K. Pell, J.D. Mitchell, A.J. Miller and T. A. Lobova, Anacardiaceae, In: Flowering Plants. Eudicots, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, 2011, Volume 10, 7-50, Springer-Verlag (2011).

D.A. Santin, and H.F. Leitão-Filho, Restabelecimento e revisão taxonômica do gênero Myracrodruon Freire Allemão (Anacardiaceae). Revista Brasileira de Botânica 14 (1991) 133–145.

D.A. Santin, Astronium nelson-rosae: nova especie de Anacardiaceae. (Astronium nelson-rosae: a new species of Anacardiaceae.) Rev. Brasil. Bot. 14(2): 103-106 (1991).

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