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{{Short description|Genus of aquatic plants}}
{{For|the 2001 video game|Astonia III}}
{{expand Spanish|topic=scitech|Astonia australiensis|date=June 2015}}
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{{Speciesbox
| genus = Astonia
| image = Astonia_australiensis.jpg
| image_caption = ''Astonia australiensis''
| parent_authority = S.W.L.Jacobs
| species = australiensis
| authority = (Aston) S.W.L.Jacobs
}}
'''''Astonia''''' is a monotypic  [[genus]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Alismataceae]] containing the sole species  '''''Astonia australiensis''''' found in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. It is sometimes included in the genus ''[[Limnophyton]]''. It was named in honour of Australian botanist [[Helen Isobel Aston|Helen Aston]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jacobs|first=Surrey|title=Astonia (Alismataceae), a new genus for Australia|journal=Telopea|volume=7|issue=2|pages=139–141|doi=10.7751/telopea19971004|year=1997|doi-access=free}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Alismataceae]]
[[Category:Alismataceae genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic Alismatales genera]]
[[Category:Aquatic plants]]
[[Category:Flora of Queensland]]
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