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Astraea  Klotzsch
Taxonomic Serial No.: 845438

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderRosanae   
                         OrderMalpighiales   
                            FamilyEuphorbiaceae  – spurge, euphorbes  
                               GenusAstraea Klotzsch  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesAstraea aureomarginata (Chodat & Hassl.) P.E. Berry  
                                  SpeciesAstraea cincta (Müll. Arg.) Caruzo & Cordeiro  
                                  SpeciesAstraea comantha (S. Moore) Caruzo  
                                  SpeciesAstraea comosa (Müll. Arg.) B.W. van Ee  
                                  SpeciesAstraea douradensis (Steyerm.) Caruzo  
                                  SpeciesAstraea gardneri (Müll. Arg.) Caruzo  
                                  SpeciesAstraea hauthalii (Kuntze) P.E. Berry  
                                  SpeciesAstraea jatropha (Müll. Arg.) B.W. van Ee  
                                  SpeciesAstraea klotzschii Didr.  
                                  SpeciesAstraea lobata (L.) Klotzsch – lobed croton 
                                  SpeciesAstraea paulina Didr.  
                                  SpeciesAstraea praetervisa (Müll. Arg.) P.E. Berry  
                                  SpeciesAstraea subcomosa (Müll. Arg.) Caruzo  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Paul E. Berry, PhD   
  Notes: Director, University of Michigan Herbarium   
  Reference for: Astraea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory database, database (version 2016)  
  Acquired: 2016   
  Notes: Riina, R. and Berry, P.E. (coordinators). 2016. Euphorbia Planetary Biodiversity Inventory database. Available from Tolkin (http://app.tolkin.org/projects/72/taxa)   
  Reference for: Astraea   
       
  Source: Malpighiales of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Astraea   
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Vascular plant genus Astraea Klotzsch is apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) mollusk genus Astraea Röding, 1798 (TSN 70097)  
 

 

    


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