Croton capitatus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Crotoneae
Genus: Croton
Species: Croton capitatus

Name edit

Croton capitatus Michx., 1803

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Heptallon capitatum (Michx.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 65 (1838).
    • Pilinophytum capitatum (Michx.) Klotzsch, Arch. Naturgesch. 7: 255 (1841).
    • Croton capitatus var. genuinus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 687 (1866), not validly publ.
    • Oxydectes capitata (Michx.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Croton subtomentosis Shecut, Fl. Carol.: 471 (1806), nom. illeg.
    • Heptallon graveolens Raf., Neogenyton: 1 (1825).
    • Heptallon fruticosum Raf., Autik. Bot.: 48 (1840).
    • Heptallon lanceolatum Raf., Autik. Bot.: 48 (1840).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New Jersey; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Hogwort
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