View source for Astraea ← Astraea You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Astraea |accepted_authority=Klotzsch |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) |place=7: 194. 1841 |year=1841 }} |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Astraea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Astraea]]</div></div> |etymology=For Greek mythological Astraea (star maiden), daughter of Zeus and Themis |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 157, 158, 207 |treatment_page=page 205 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs, shrubs], annual [perennial], monoecious; hairs unbranched and stellate; latex colorless. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, simple [palmately compound]; stipules present, persistent; petiole present, glands present at apex; blade unlobed or palmately lobed, margins serrate [entire], laminar glands absent; venation palmate at base, pinnate distally. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal), terminal, racemes [thyrses]; glands subtending each bract 0. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, imbricate, distinct; petals 5, distinct, white [to pink]; nectary extrastaminal, 5 glands; stamens 8–15, inflexed in bud, distinct; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5(–7), usually not touching in bud, connate basally; petals 0; nectary 5 glands; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, connate basally [distinct], multifid. <b>Fruits</b> capsules. <b>Seeds</b> oblong-rectangular; caruncle present. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Asia (Arabian Peninsula;India);Africa;tropical and subtropical areas. |discussion=<p>Species ca. 12 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Astraea</i> was treated as a section of <i>Croton</i> by G. L. Webster (1993). However, the molecular phylogeny of P. E. Berry et al. (2005) showed that it represents a lineage distinct from <i>Croton</i>. Morphological characters that support this separation include the markedly rectangular seeds, the often deeply lobed leaves, and the mixture of simple and stellate hairs. <i>Astraea</i> is most diverse in southeastern Brazil.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Astraea |author=Paul E. Berry; Benjamin W. van Ee |authority=Klotzsch |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Euphorbiaceae |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Asia (Arabian Peninsula;India);Africa;tropical and subtropical areas. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) |publication year=1841 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_800.xml |genus=Astraea }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Euphorbiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Euphorbiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Astraea.