Croton fianarantsoae var. petiolaris Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 155. 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 : 65

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

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scientific name

Croton fianarantsoae var. petiolaris Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 155. 2016
status

 

Croton fianarantsoae var. petiolaris Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 155. 2016

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Andapa, Andrakata, Analamboahangy Marojejy RNI, aux environs de Manenobasy, 14°35'16"S, 49°41'20"E, 1171 m, 18-24 Jan 1995, F. Rasoavimbahoaka 488 (holotype: MO; isotypes: P [P00433385]!, TAN) GoogleMaps .

Notes.

This may correspond to Croton submetallicus , but the leaves are acuminate and not submetallic on the undersides, and it occurs well north of the known distribution of that species.