Asterostigma Explained

Asterostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina.^{[1] [2] [3]} The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.^[4]

Species

1. Asterostigma cryptostylum Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais
2. Asterostigma cubense (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo
3. Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina
4. Asterostigma lombardii E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
5. Asterostigma luschnathianum Schott - southern Brazil
6. Asterostigma reticulatum E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil
7. Asterostigma riedelianum (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil
8. Asterostigma tweedieanum Schott - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=17460 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil https://web.archive.org/web/20100526002559/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
4. Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. .