Asterolasia

Asterolasia
Asterolasia hexapetala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Asterolasia
F.Muell.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Actinostigma Turcz.
  • Asterolasia sect. Pleurandropsis (Baill.) Kuntze
  • Asterolasia sect. Urocarpus (Drumm. ex Harv.) Benth.
  • Phebalium a. Correoides Endl.
  • Phebalium sect. Correoides (Endl.) Pfeiff.
  • Pleurandropsis Baill.
  • Urocarpus J.Drumm. ex Harv.

Asterolasia is a genus of seventeen species of erect or prostrate shrubs in the family Rutaceae, and is endemic to Australia. The leaves are simple and arranged alternately, the flowers arranged in umbel-like groups on the ends of branchlets or in leaf axils, usually with five sepals, five petals and ten to twenty-five stamens. There are seventeen species and they are found in all Australian mainland states but not in the Northern Territory.

  1. ^ a b "Asterolasia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 June 2020.