''Astrococcus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

of the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...

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 Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

and Amazonas State in northwestern

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

.Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. ;Species formerly included moved to ''

Haematostemon ''Haematostemon'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1919. It is native to northeastern South America (Guyana and S Venezuela).Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flo ...

'' *''Astrococcus coriaceus'' Baill., synonym of ''

Haematostemon coriaceus ''Haematostemon'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1919. It is native to northeastern South America (Guyana and S Venezuela).Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flo ...

'' (Baill.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

References

Plukenetieae Flora of the Amazon Monotypic Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub