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|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
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|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
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--><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><!--

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|distribution=Florida;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>Astraea was treated as a section of Croton by G. L. Webster (1993). However, the molecular phylogeny of P. E. Berry et al. (2005) showed that it represents a lineage distinct from Croton. Morphological characters that support this separation include the markedly rectangular seeds, the often deeply lobed leaves, and the mixture of simple and stellate hairs. Astraea is most diverse in southeastern Brazil.</p>
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name=Astraea
|author=Paul E. Berry; Benjamin W. van Ee
|authority=Klotzsch
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Florida;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/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_800.xml
|genus=Astraea
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