Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.3.1 |
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Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271) |
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9. Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271) View in CoL .
— Julocroton humilis Didrichsen (1857: 132) View in CoL .
Type:— BRAZIL. São Paulo: “campis Mugi ”, November 1833, P.W. Lund s.n. (holotype C 10011298 !; isotypes A 00277247 !, C 10011297 !, G 00312779 !). ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 , G–I)
This subshrub can be recognized by its densely yellowish to ferrugineous indumentum, the presence of a xylopodium, congested inflorescences, and pinnatifid pistillate sepal. It shares several morphological characters with C. triqueter . However, C. didrichsenii is a subshrub found in ‘cerrado’, while C. triqueter is a shrub found mainly at the edge of forests. The species belongs to Croton sect. Julocroton ( van Ee et al. 2011) .
Distribution and habitat:— It ocurrs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (BA, DF, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RS, SC, SP, TO), Paraguay, and Uruguay ( Caruzo & Cordeiro 2007, Cordeiro 1990, Caruzo et al. 2020). It is frequently found in open vegetation (‘campo limpo’ and ‘cerrado’), between 550 and 1050 m elevation. ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ).
Phenology:— Flowering and fruiting from September to March.
Representative specimens:— PARANÁ: Campo Mourão, Cerrado Valtra, 24°00’’52.04’ S, 52°21’47.02”W , 555 m, 18 October 2016, A. P. N . Pereira, F. S . Petrongari & O. L. M . Silva 30 ( SP). Jaguariaíva, Parque Estadual do Cerrado , 05 November 1994, A . Uhlmann 94 ( MBM, UPCB). Idem, Lageado 5 Reis , 18 September 1975, G . Hatschbach 37085 ( MBM). Piraí do Sul , Rodovia PR-090, 10 km O do alto da Serra das Furnas, 12 January 2000, G . Hatschbach, M . Hatschbach & J. M . Silva 69899 ( MBM). Tibagi, Fazenda Monte Alegre , 16 September 1952, G . Hatschbach 3078 ( MBM) .
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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Nanjing University |
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Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department |
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Botanical Museum - University of Oslo |
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Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch |
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Botanische Staatssammlung München |
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Instituto de Botânica |
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San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammals |
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Universidade Federal do Paraná |
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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève |
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University of the Witwatersrand |
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271)
| Pereira, Amanda Da Paixão Noronha, Riina, Ricarda & Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi 2022 |
Julocroton humilis
| Didrichsen 1857: 132 |