A Nomenclator of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, and the Mascarene Islands Author Berry, Paul E. Herbarium, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, U. S. A. peberry@umich.edu Author Kainulainen, Kent Herbarium, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, U. S. A. Author Ee, Benjamin W. van Department of Biology, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagueez, Mayagueez, PR 00680, Puerto Rico, U. S. A. text PhytoKeys 2017 2017-11-15 90 1 87 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586 1314-2003-90-1 80067D29FFFB7D34FF80E95D553F4254 1138341 112. Croton scoriarum Leandri, Adansonia, ser . 2, 12: 68. 1972 Croton bathianus var. ambatondrazakae Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 114. 2016. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Menaloha (G-3), Distr. d'Ambatondrazaka , Nov 1937, G. Cours 587 (holotype: P [P00127483]!). Type . Madagascar . Prov. Antsiranana-Mahajanga border: Centre, au lieu dit Analankeboka, a l'Ouest de Bealanana , 20 Nov 1966 , Service Forestier 27107-SF ( lectotype , designated by Kainulainen et al. 2017b , pg. 398: P [P00706283]!; isolectotypes: K [K000895678]!, P [P00706284]!, TEF [TEF000183]!) . Habit and distribution. Shrubs or small trees; northern and central Madagascar (Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina).