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Astraea Klotzsch. Star-Croton.
A genus of about 13 species, annual and biennial herbs (rarely shrubs), of the Neotropics. Astraea should be treated as a genus separate from Croton, on molecular and morphological grounds (da Silva & Cordeiro 2020).
Ref: Berry & van Ee (2016) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016); Silva & Cordeiro (2020). Show full citations.
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