Asterostigma

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Asterostigma luschnathianum CBM.png

|image_caption = Asterostigma luschnathianumW. Fitch - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.98 [ser.3:v.28] (1872)

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|taxon = Asterostigma

|authority = Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 1845

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|synonyms = *Staurostigma Scheidw.

  • Andromycia A.Rich.
  • Rhopalostigma Schott

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Asterostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=17460 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20100526002559/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/] Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. {{ISBN|0-88192-485-7}}.

;Species

  1. Asterostigma cryptostylum Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais
  2. Asterostigma cubense (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo
  3. Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina
  4. Asterostigma lombardii E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
  5. Asterostigma luschnathianum Schott - southern Brazil
  6. Asterostigma reticulatum E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil
  7. Asterostigma riedelianum (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil
  8. Asterostigma tweedieanum Schott - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil

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Category:Aroideae

Category:Araceae genera

Category:Flora of Southern America

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