Astronium Explained

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.^[1]

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

• Astronium concinnum Schott
• Astronium fraxinifolium Schott
• Astronium gardneri Mattick
• Astronium glaziovii Mattick
• Astronium graveolens Jacq. (syn. Astronium conzattii S.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:

• Astronium balansae Engl. → 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.^[2]

Further reading

• Book: Pell, S. K. . J.D. . Mitchell . A.J. . Miller . T.A. . Lobova . 2011 . Klaus . Kubitzki . Anacardiaceae . Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae . Flowering Plants. Eudicots, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants . 10 . 7–50 . Springer-Verlag . 9783642143977 . https://books.google.com/books?id=_hHvYeQYTTEC&pg=PA7.
• Santin . D.A. . H.F. . Leitão-Filho. . 1991 . Restabelecimento e revisão taxonômica do gênero Myracrodruon Freire Allemão (Anacardiaceae) . Revista Brasileira de Botânica . 14 . 133–45.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astronium Jacq.. Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae molecular systematics and taxonomic research. 2021-02-22.
2. Kasaplıgil . Baki . Ankara, Kızılcahamam yakınındaki Güvem köyü civarında bulunan son tersiyer kozalaklı-yeşil yapraklı ormanı . Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration . 1977 . 88 . 94–102 . . Ankara . tr, en . PDF . A Late-Tertiary Conifer-Hardwood Forest From the Vicinity of Güvem Village, Near Kızılcahamam, Ankara.