Asteropeia

Asteropeia is a genus of flowering plants. The genus contains 8 known species of shrubs and small trees, all endemic to Madagascar. It is the sole genus in family Asteropeiaceae. Members of the family are evergreen trees or shrubs.

"Asteropeia" may also refer to a figure in Greek mythology, see Antinoe

Asteropeia
Asteropeia labatii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Asteropeiaceae Takht. ex Reveal & Hoogland[1]
Genus:	Asteropeia Thouars
Species
Asteropeia amblyocarpa Asteropeia densiflora Asteropeia labatii Asteropeia matrambody Asteropeia mcphersonii Asteropeia micraster Asteropeia multiflora Asteropeia rhopaloides

Members of the family were separated from the Theaceae based on wood anatomy by the APG system, of 1998, and assigned to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The family consists of a single genus, Asteropeia, native to Madagascar.

According to the AP-Website it forms a clade together with the family Physenaceae (also of Madagascar).