What is "astrocasia"

Astrocasia is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1905. It is the sole genus in the subtribe Astrocasiinae. It is native to Mesoamerica, northern South America, and the western part of the West Indies.

1. Astrocasia austinii (Standl.) G.L.Webster - Izabal
2. Astrocasia diegoae J.Jiménez Ram. & Mart.Gord. - Guerrero
3. Astrocasia jacobinensis (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Bahia, Bolivia
4. Astrocasia neurocarpa (Müll.Arg.) I.M.Johnst. ex Standl. - Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
5. Astrocasia peltata Standl. - Costa Rica, Nayarit, Jalisco
6. '' Astrocasia tremula ''(Griseb.) G.L.Webster - Mexico ( Jalisco, Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), Central America ( Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama), West Indies ( Cayman Is, Jamaica, Cuba), northern South America ( Colombia, Venezuela, possibly Brazil)