Croton, Linnaeus (1753:, 1004
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Croton View in CoL subsection Spruceani Caruzo (2011: 204) . Type:— Croton spruceanus Bentham (1854: 375) View in CoL .
Pistillate flowers sepals with imbricate aestivation, usually united at least half of their length, not fleshy; disk entire. Fruits subglobose, usually trigonal.
Species of Croton subsection Spruceani occur somewhat disjunctly in moist habitats of central and northwestern South America, Central America up to central Mexico, and then in semideciduous forests of eastern Bolivia, central Peru and Brazil ( Caruzo et al. 2011).
Bentham, G. (1854) On the North Brazilian Euphorbiaceae in the collections of Mr. Spruce. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 321 - 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
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| Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi & Cordeiro, Inês 2013 |
Croton
| Caruzo, M. B. R. & Van Ee, B. W. & Cordeiro I. & Berry P. E. & Riina, R. 2011: ) |
| Bentham, G. 1854: ) |