Croton daphniphylloides var. stellatipilus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 165. 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 : 64

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

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scientific name

Croton daphniphylloides var. stellatipilus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 165. 2016
status

 

Croton daphniphylloides var. stellatipilus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 165. 2016

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Marojejy , N of Mandena, 14°29'S, 49°49'E, 22 Apr 1993, A. Randrianasolo 322 (holotype: K!; isotype MO!) GoogleMaps .

Notes.

It is unlikely this belongs to C. chapelieri (in which C. daphniphylloides is treated here as a synonym); it occurs in the Marojejy Reserve at 500 m elevation and is a 8 m tall tree, whereas C. chapelieri is confined to the eastern littoral zone near sea level. It could also be a northern form of C. submetallicus , with more acute leaves and lacking the submetallic leaf undersides of that species.