Wood anatomy of Asteranthos brasiliensis.

• Title

  Wood anatomy of Asteranthos brasiliensis.

• Authors

  Frederic Lens, Scott Alan Mori

• Scientific Name

  Asteranthos brasiliensis Desf.

• Description

  Asteranthos brasiliensis is now considered to be a species of Scytopetalaceae, a family closely related to neotropical Lecythidaceae (Apple, 1996, 2004; Mori et al., 2007; Tsou, 1994).