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Astronium

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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, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]

Species formerly placed in this genus that are now placed in Myracrodruon include:[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

  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. 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). Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration. 88: 94-102.
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Astronium: Brief Summary

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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.

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