- "Asteropeia" may also refer to a figure in Greek mythology, see Antinoe
Asteropeia is a genus of flowering plants. The genus contains 8 known species of shrubs and small trees, all endemic to Madagascar. It is the sole genus in family Asteropeiaceae. Members of the family are evergreen trees or shrubs.
| Asteropeia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Asteropeiaceae Takht. ex Reveal & Hoogland[1] |
| Genus: | Asteropeia Thouars |
| Species | |
Members of the family were separated from the Theaceae based on wood anatomy by the APG system, of 1998, and assigned to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The family consists of a single genus, Asteropeia, native to Madagascar.
According to the AP-Website it forms a clade together with the family Physenaceae (also of Madagascar).
References
External links
- Asteropeiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).
- The families of flowering plants descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 30 May 2006.
- links at CSDL Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- photographs of Asteropeia (Missouri Botanic Garden)