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|accepted_name=Astraea
|accepted_authority=Klotzsch
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin)
|place=7: 194. 1841
|year=1841
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Astraea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Astraea]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Greek mythological Astraea (star maiden), daughter of Zeus and Themis
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 158, 207
|treatment_page=page 205
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs, shrubs], annual [perennial], monoecious;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="hair architecture;hair arrangement or shape">hairs unbranched and stellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="latex coloration">latex colorless.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, simple [palmately compound];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule duration">stipules present, persistent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole presence;gland presence">petiole present, glands present at apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;margin architecture or shape">blade unlobed or palmately lobed, margins serrate [entire], laminar glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="laminar gland presence;laminar gland architecture;base architecture or shape">venation palmate at base, pinnate distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence reproduction;inflorescence position or structure subtype"><b>Inflorescences </b>bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal), terminal, racemes [thyrses];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="gland position;bract presence">glands subtending each bract 0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;sepal arrangement;sepal fusion"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals 5, imbricate, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;petal quantity;petal fusion;petal coloration">petals 5, distinct, white [to pink];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary position;nectary quantity">nectary extrastaminal, 5 glands;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen orientation;stamen fusion">stamens 8–15, inflexed in bud, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillode absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal fusion"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 5 (–7), usually not touching in bud, connate basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;petal presence">petals 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary quantity">nectary 5 glands;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil architecture">pistil 3-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="flower architecture;style quantity;style fusion;style architecture or shape">styles 3, connate basally [distinct], multifid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsules.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>oblong-rectangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="">caruncle present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="caruncle presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America; also in Asia (Arabian Peninsula); also in Asia (India);Africa;tropical and subtropical areas
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 12 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Astraea was treated as a section of Croton by G. L. Webster (1993). However, the molecular phylogeny of P. E. Berry et al. (2005) showed that it represents a lineage distinct from Croton. Morphological characters that support this separation include the markedly rectangular seeds, the often deeply lobed leaves, and the mixture of simple and stellate hairs. Astraea is most diverse in southeastern Brazil.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Astraea
|author=Paul E. Berry;Benjamin W. van Ee
|authority=Klotzsch
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America; also in Asia (Arabian Peninsula); also in Asia (India);Africa;tropical and subtropical areas
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin)
|publication year=1841
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_800.xml
|genus=Astraea
|base architecture or shape=pinnate
|blade shape=lobed;unlobed
|bract presence=absent
|caruncle presence=absent
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate
|gland position=subtending
|gland presence=absent
|hair architecture=unbranched
|hair arrangement or shape=stellate
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence reproduction=bisexual
|laminar gland architecture=palmate
|laminar gland presence=absent
|latex coloration=colorless
|leaf architecture=simple
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|margin architecture or shape=serrate
|nectary position=extrastaminal
|nectary quantity=5;5
|pedicel presence=absent
|petal coloration=white
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal presence=absent
|petal quantity=5
|petiole presence=absent
|pistil architecture=3-carpellate
|pistillode presence=absent
|seed shape=oblong-rectangular
|sepal arrangement=imbricate
|sepal atypical quantity=5;7
|sepal fusion=connate;distinct
|sepal quantity=5;5
|stamen fusion=distinct
|stamen orientation=inflexed
|stamen quantity=8;15
|stipule duration=persistent
|stipule presence=absent
|style architecture or shape=multifid
|style fusion=connate
|style quantity=3
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism reproduction=monoecious
|x chromosome quantity=9
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