Asterostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina.[2][3][4] The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.[5]
| Asterostigma | |
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| Asterostigma luschnathianum[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Subfamily: | Aroideae |
| Tribe: | Spathicarpeae |
| Genus: | Asterostigma Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 1845 |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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- Species
- Asterostigma cryptostylum Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais
- Asterostigma cubense (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo
- Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina
- Asterostigma lombardii E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
- Asterostigma luschnathianum Schott - southern Brazil
- Asterostigma reticulatum E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil
- Asterostigma riedelianum (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil
- Asterostigma tweedieanum Schott - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil
References
edit- ^ W. Fitch - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.98 [ser.3:v.28] (1872)
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil [1] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ^ Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
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