Asteranthos

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Subfamily: Scytopetaloideae
Genus: Asteranthos
Desf.
Species:
A. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Asteranthos brasiliensis
Desf.
Synonyms[2]
  • Asteranthus Spreng.

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

References
  1. 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.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Prance, G.T. & Mori, S.A. (1979). Lecythidaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 21
  4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010.%5B%5D Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. 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


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