Distribution: Endemic to Madagascar
Bioclimate: Subhumid, Montane
Vegetation Formation: Woodland, Forest
Elevation (m): 1000-1499, 1500-1999
Province: Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa
Protected Areas 
: Andringitra
Important sites outside protected areas: Ibity, Itremo/Ambatofinandrahana
Preliminary Conservation Assessment
: B1ab2ab
Published Red List Status: NT (IUCN Red List treatment)
Description: Asteropeia densiflora is a gnarled shrub to small tree, or occasionally forms a prostrate carpet no more than 15 cm in height. It occurs on granitic, quartzite, and marble outcrops in Tapia woodland from Ibity to Andringitra RNI. Asteropeia densiflora can be distinguished from A. rhopaloides, with which it shares inflorescence axes covered with dense, short, rusty brown ferruginous indumentum, by its pedicels with numerous, minute, caducous bracteoles at the base, which leave evident scars, and by its spherical to ellipsoid, hard, smooth, somewhat fleshy shiny-glabrous fruits.
Type(s) of accepted name: BARON 40 (HT: K; IT: P)
Type(s) of syns and other voucher(s):
Updated on: 11 Jan. 2008
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