Asteranthos

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Lecythidaceae
Subfamilia: Scytopetaloideae
Genus: Asteranthos
Species: A. brasiliensis
Name

Asteranthos Desf., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 9, t. 3. (1820).

monotypic taxon

References

Desfontaines, R.L. 1820. Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 6: 9, t. 3.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Asteranthos in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Asteranthos. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 4 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Asteranthos in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Asteranthos is a genus of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. There is only one known species, Asteranthos brasiliensis, native to Venezuela and Brazil.[2][3][4][5][6]

Asteranthos brasiliensis is listed as having "near threatened" status.[1]
References

Pires O'Brien, J. 1998. Asteranthos brasiliensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 18 July 2007.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010.[permanent dead link] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Mori, S.A. & G. T. Prance. 1990. Lecythidaceae–Part II. The zygomorphic–flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21(2): 1–376