Croton draco

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 draco

Name edit

Croton draco Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 6: 360 (1831).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Cyclostigma draco (Schltdl. & Cham.) Klotzsch in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 105 (1853).
    • Croton draco var. genuinus Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 90 (1865), not validly publ.
    • Oxydectes draco (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 614 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cyclostigma denticulatum Klotzsch in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 105 (1853).
    • Cyclostigma panamense Klotzsch in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 105 (1853).
    • Croton panamensis (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 546 (1866).
    • Oxydectes panamensis (Klotzsch) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).
    • Croton callistanthus Croizat, J. Arnold Arbor. 21: 84 (1940).
    • Croton steyermarkianus Croizat, J. Arnold Arbor. 21: 86 (1940).
    • Croton triumfettoides Croizat, J. Arnold Arbor. 21: 87 (1940).
    • Croton draco subsp. panamensis (Klotzsch) G.L.Webster, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1120 (1988).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Colombia; Nicaragua; Panam
      • Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest

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

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Vernacular names edit

español: llora sangre, palo muela, palo sangriento, sangre de drago, sangregado
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