Croton, Linnaeus (1753:, 1004

Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi & Cordeiro, Inês, 2013, Taxonomic revision of Croton section Cleodora (Euphorbiaceae), Phytotaxa 121 (1), pp. 1-41 : 4

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Croton View in CoL subsection Sphaerogyni Caruzo (2011: 204) . Type:— Croton sphaerogynus Baillon (1864: 326) View in CoL .

Pistillate flowers sepals with quincuncial aestivation, free or united only at the base, usually fleshy at the base; disk usually segmented. Fruits globose or ellipsoid.

Species of Croton subsection Sphaerogyni occur in eastern Brazil, except for C. cajucara , an Amazonian species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. Members of this subsection typically occupy moist forests, except for C. heterocalyx Baillon (1864: 324) , which occurs in seasonally dry forests and in moist forests in seashore plains (“restinga” forests) in eastern Brazil ( Caruzo et al. 2011).

References

Baillon, H. (1864) Euphorbiacees Americaines. Adansonia 4: 257 - 377.

Caruzo, M. B. R., Van Ee, B. W., Cordeiro I., Berry P. E. & Riina, R. (2011) Molecular phylogenetics and character evolution of the sacaca clade: novel relationships of Croton section Cleodora (Euphorbiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60: 193 - 206. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2011.04.013