| Astrococcus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Plukenetieae |
| Subtribe: | Plukenetiinae |
| Genus: | Astrococcus Benth. |
| Species: | A. cornutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Astrococcus cornutus Benth. | |
Astrococcus is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1854. It contains only one known species, Astrococcus cornutus, native to neighboring states of identical names, Amazonas State in southern Venezuela and Amazonas State in northwestern Brazil.
- Species formerly included
moved to Haematostemon
- Astrococcus coriaceus Baill., synonym of Haematostemon coriaceus (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
References
- Bentham, George. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 327-328 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- Tropicos, genus Astrococcus
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Astrococcus | |
| Astrococcus cornutus | |
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