Croton eluteria

Croton eluteria

Taxonavigation

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 eluteria

Name

Croton eluteria (L.) W.Wright, 1787

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Clutia eluteria L., Sp. Pl.: 1042 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Oxydectes eluteria (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Clutia cascarilla L., Sp. Pl.: 1042 (1753).
  • Croton cascarilla (L.) L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1424 (1763).
  • Clutia decandra Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 201 (1766).
  • Croton rosmarinifolius Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 389 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Croton cascarilloides Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 8 (1807), nom. illeg.
  • Cascarilla officinalis Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 62 (1838), nom. illeg.
  • Croton eluteria Benn., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 29 (1860), nom. illeg.
  • Croton homolepidus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 518 (1866).
  • Oxydectes cascarilla (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611 (1891).
  • Oxydectes cascarilloides Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 610 (1891).
  • Oxydectes homolepida (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).
  • Croton eluteria subsp. homolepidus (Müll.Arg.) Borhidi, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 69: 48 (1977).

Homonyms

• Croton eluteria Sw. = Croton nitens Sw.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wright, W., 1787. London Medical Journal 8: 249.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Croton eluteria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Croton eluteria. Published online. Accessed: Jun 14 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Croton eluteria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Croton eluteria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jun 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Croton eluteria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kaskarillabaum
English: cascarilla, seaside balsam
español: cascarilla
français: Cascarille
magyar: Kaszkarilla
日本語: カスカリラノキ
русский: Каскаролла
svenska: kaskarillträd
中文: 灌木巴豆

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