Croton meridionalis var. latifolius Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 193. 2016

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 : 66-67

Croton meridionalis var. latifolius Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 193. 2016

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: haute vallée du Mandrare près d’Andetra (Andotsy), 26 Nov 1928, H. Humbert 6849 (holotype: G!; isotypes: K, P [P00418562]!) .

Notes.

This plant is similar to C. meridionalis , except that it has considerably wider leaves that are silvery-lepidote on the lower surface and turn dark blackish green on the upper surface when dried. Further study is needed to determine if it should be recognized as a distinct species.