Croton adenophorus Baill., Adansonia 1: 153. 1861, as 'adenophorum'

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 : 9-10

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Croton adenophorus Baill., Adansonia 1: 153. 1861, as 'adenophorum'
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2. Croton adenophorus Baill., Adansonia 1: 153. 1861, as 'adenophorum'

Croton payerianus Baill., Adansonia 1: 154. 1861, as ' payerianum '. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Diana Region, Nossibé, 1849, L.H. Boivin 2187 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00389508]!; isolectotypes: G-DC [G00311984]!, G [G00446358]!, G [G00446359]!, P [P00389509]!, P [P00404480]!, P [P00404481]!, P [P00123684]!).

Croton tulasnei Baill., Adansonia 1: 156. 1861. Type. Mayotte [French Overseas Department]: Bouzi [Ilot M’Bouzi], 1850, L.H. Boivin s.n. (lectotype, designated by Kainulainen et al. 2017b, pg. 382: P [P00133305]!; isolectotypes: P [P00133306]!, [P00466148]).

Croton subaemulans Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 850. 1890. Type. Madagascar. sin. loc., R. Baron 5795 (holotype: K [K000422590]!; isotype: P [P00133593]!).

Oxydectes adenophora (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 610. 1891. Type. Based on Croton adenophorus Baill.

Oxydectes payeriana (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612. 1891. Type. Based on Croton payerianus Baill.

Oxydectes tulasnei (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 613. 1891. Type. Based on Croton tulasnei Baill.

Croton tenuicuspis Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 927. 1891. Type. Madagascar. sin. loc., R. Baron 5846 (holotype: P [P00133364]!; isotype: K [K000422590]!).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Diana Region , Nossi-bé [Nosy Be], 1837, J.M.C. Richard 214 (lectotype, designated by Kainulainen et al. 2017b, pg. 382: P [P00123689]!; isolectotype: P [P00123690]!) . Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Diana Region . Nossi-bé [Nosy Be], J.M.C. Richard 574 (syntype: P [P00123691]!); ibid. loc., 1849, L.H. Boivin 2187 (syntype: P [P00301515]!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs or small trees; northern and northwestern Madagascar (Antsiranana, Mahajanga) and Mayotte in the Comoros Archipelago.

Notes.

Croton adenophorus was substantially recircumscribed from the concept of Leandri (1939) and Radcliffe-Smith (2016) by Kainulainen et al. (2017b). In both earlier publications, C. loucoubensis was treated as a synonym of C. adenophorus , and C. subaemulans was recognized as a distinct species. This earlier synonymy was due to a fundamental misunderstanding of C. adenophorus . See Kainulainen et al. (2017b) for further details and the distinguishing features of C. adenophorus and C. loucoubensis .

The sheet P00466148 is listed in Sonnerat under Croton tulasnei , but without an image. We never saw this specimen at P either before or after the herbarium renovation in 2015, and the whole folder of C. tulasnei was missing during visits to P in 2016 and 2017.

Radcliffe-Smith (2016) mentioned Boivin 2187 at P as the lectotype for Croton adenophorus but failed to state "designated here" or an equivalent statement, so his designation was not validly published.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

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Croton adenophorus Baill., Adansonia 1: 153. 1861, as 'adenophorum'

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

Oxydectes adenophora

Kuntze 1891
1891
Loc

Oxydectes payeriana

Kuntze 1891
1891
Loc

Oxydectes tulasnei

Kuntze 1891
1891
Loc

Croton tenuicuspis

Baill 1891
1891
Loc

Croton subaemulans

Baill 1890
1890
Loc

Croton payerianus

Baill 1861
1861
Loc

Croton tulasnei

Baill 1861
1861
Loc

Croton payerianus

Baill 1861
1861
Loc

Croton tulasnei

Baill 1861
1861