Croton rubricapitirupis var. macrophyllus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 158. 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 : 67

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Croton rubricapitirupis var. macrophyllus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 158. 2016
status

 

Croton rubricapitirupis var. macrophyllus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 158. 2016

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Andapa, pentes occidentales du Massif de Marojejy (Nord- Est), Bassin de la Lokoho , a l’Est d’ Ambalamanasy II, 500-800 m, 28 Nov-6 Dec 1948, H. Humbert & R. Capuron 22126 (holotype: K; isotypes: P [P00433398]!, P [P00433399]!) .

Notes.

The type of this variety is a large-leaved shrub with a very large, foliaceous pistillate calyx on a long pedicel. It may represent an undescribed species.