Croton muricatus Vahl in E.F.Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 47. 1807

Berry, Paul E., Kainulainen, Kent & Ee, Benjamin W. van, 2017, A Nomenclator of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, and the Mascarene Islands, PhytoKeys 90, pp. 1-87 : 51

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586

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scientific name

Croton muricatus Vahl in E.F.Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 47. 1807
status

 

97. Croton muricatus Vahl in E.F.Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 47. 1807

Oxydectes muricata (Vahl) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612. 1891. Type. Based on Croton muricatus Vahl in E.F.Geiseler

Croton denisii Leandri, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 3: 367. 1931, as ' denisi ', syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Behara, 9 Jul 1926, R. Decary 4320 (holotype: P [P00389632]!).

Croton bastardii var. meridionalis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 204. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Antanimora, Dec 1959, J. Bosser 13913 (holotype: P [P00133042)!; isotype: [P00133041]!).

Croton decaryi var. subglaber Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 124. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Antanimora, Dec 1959, J. Bosser 13913 (holotype: P [P00133041)!; isotype: P [P00133042]!).

Type.

Madagascar. sin. loc., s.d., P. Commerson s.n. (holotype: P-JU [Catal. # 16373]!), isotype: P [P00312343] !).

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; southern Madagascar (Toliara).

Notes.

Different sheets of the same collection were designated as types of Croton bastardii var. meridionalis and C. decaryi var. subglaber by Radcliffe-Smith (2016). Both clearly belong to the Adenophorus Group and are placed here in synonymy.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Loc

Croton muricatus Vahl in E.F.Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 47. 1807

Berry, Paul E., Kainulainen, Kent & Ee, Benjamin W. van 2017
2017
Loc

Oxydectes muricata

Kuntze 1891
1891