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, 2^nd 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