Astroloma is a historically recognised genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and endemic to Australia.
The genus was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[1]
Plants of the World Online considers Astroloma to be a synonym of Styphelia.[2] As of September 2023, all the species in the list below are now considered to be included in Styphelia or in some cases, in Stenanthera or Brachyloma.
The name Astroloma is derived from the Ancient Greek words astron = a star and loma = a fringe,[3] alluding to five tufts of hairs which form a star at the bottom of the inside of the floral tube.[4][5]
The following is a list of species formerly included in Astroloma:
^"Styphelia R.Br". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC world dictionary of plant names : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 225. ISBN 0849326737.
^Tegg, Thomas (1829). The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics, volume 3. p. 89.
^"Astroloma pinifolium". Australian Native Plant Society (Australia). Retrieved 21 January 2015.
Astroloma is a historically recognised genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and endemic to Australia. The genus was first...
"New South Wales Flora Online: Astroloma humifusum". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. "Astroloma humifusum". Electronic Flora of...
pinifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria. Retrieved 18 March 2020. "Astroloma pinifolium". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 18 March 2020. Elliot...
first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Astroloma tectum in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen...
from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham who gave it the name Astroloma baxteri. De Candolle's description was published in Prodromus Systematis...
first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham who gave it the name Astroloma microdonta in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected near the Murchison...
formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder who gave it the name Astroloma microcalyx in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae. In 1867 Ferdinand von Mueller...
formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder who gave it the name Astroloma macrocalyx in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae. In...
Annette Jane Gratton Wilson and Michael Clyde Hislop who gave it the name Astroloma oblongifolia in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by Hislop...
formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder who gave it the name Astroloma discolor in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected near...
species of Astroloma (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 23: 26–31. Retrieved 13 September 2023. "Astroloma acervata"...
species of Astroloma (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae) from Western Australia". Nuytsia. 23: 32–34. Retrieved 12 September 2023. "Astroloma chloranthum"...
conostephioides". Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria. Retrieved 5 March 2020. "Astroloma conostephioides". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State...
was first described in 1845 by Otto Wihelm Sonder who gave it the name Astroloma stomarrhena in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected...
first formally described in 2013 by Michael Hislop who gave it the name Astroloma inopinatum in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected east of Kalbarri...
first formally described in 1845 by Otto Sonder who gave it the name Astroloma glaucescens in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae. However, in 2020 phylogenetic...
species was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name in Astroloma pallidum in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. In 1824, Kurt Polycarp...
first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown, who gave it the name Astroloma prostratum in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen...
in 1845 by German botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder, who gave it the name Astroloma foliosum in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae, based on plant material collected...
first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Astroloma compactum in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen...
and can be used in salads. Astroloma humifusum Native Cranberry Fruit Fruit The berries can be consumed, when ripe. Astroloma pinifolium Pine Heath Fruit...
caterpillars feed on the flowers, developing fruits and older foliage of Astroloma species in Australia and on Leucopogon fasciculatus in New Zealand. John...
fruit a drupe. There are three species, formerly included in the genus Astroloma. Plants in the genus Stenanthera are mainly low shrubs with leaves that...
(Allocasuarina distyla), silky hakea (Hakea sericea), and pine heath (Astroloma pinifolium). Sections of rare and threatened clifftop grasslands occur...
Anarthria scabra is predominant in the sedgeland, with Adenanthos cuneatus, Astroloma baxteri, Hypocalymma strictum, Hypolaena exsulca, Isopogon cuneatus, Lyginia...
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