Euphorbiaceae

Astraea Klotzsch

First published in Arch. Naturgesch. 7(1): 194 (1841)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Yemen

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Croton.]
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Croton.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2017 Guillemin [167] Brazil K001210212 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Gardner [s.n.] Brazil K000186087 Isolectotype Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001210123 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001210120 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001210121 Yes
Williams, L.O. [6323] Brazil K001210124 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [28983] Brazil K001210110 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001210122 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [22877] Brazil K001210112 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [36079] Brazil K001210111 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [15390] Brazil K001210118 Yes
Gardner [1839?] Brazil K000186088 Type Yes
Cordeiro, I. [2764] Brazil K001210116 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000186085 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irwin, H.S. [27517] Brazil K001210117 Yes
Harley, R.M. [27295] Brazil K001210231 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [20520/a] Brazil K001210113 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [19827] Brazil K001210119 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [35194] Brazil K001210114 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [8846] Brazil K001210115 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000186084 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hatschbach, E. [12959] Brazil K000716308 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0