Croton micans

Taxonavigation

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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 micans

Name

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Croton micans Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1185 (1800).

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Croton micans var. genuinus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 554 (1866), not validly publ.
    • Oxydectes micans (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Croton bixoides Vahl in E.F.Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 53 (1807).
    • Croton foetens Anderson, Trans. Soc. London Encour. Arts 25: 202 (1807), nom. nud.
    • Croton niveus Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 40 (1859), nom. illeg.
    • Croton helicoideus Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 97 (1865).
    • Oxydectes bixoides (Vahl) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 610 (1891).
    • Oxydectes helicoidea (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 610 (1891).
    • Croton choristolepis Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 407 (1919).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Jamaica; Trinidad-Tobago; Windward Is.

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

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Vernacular names

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