Croton punctatus

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 punctatus

Name edit

Croton punctatus Jacq., Collectanea 1: 166 (1787).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Oxydectes punctata (Jacq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Croton maritimus Walter, Fl. Carol.: 239 (1788).
    • Croton disjunctiflorus Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 215 (1803).
    • Croton furfuraceus Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 586 (1807).
    • Croton plukenetii Geiseler, Croton. Monogr.: 40 (1807).
    • Drepadenium maritimum (Walter) Raf., Neogenyton: 2 (1825).
    • Rottlera punctata A.Juss. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 877 (1826).
    • Hendecandra maritima (Walter) Klotzsch, Arch. Naturgesch. 7: 252 (1841).
    • Gynamblosis maritima (Walter) Baill., Étude Euphorb.: 372 (1858).
    • Lasiocroton prunifolius Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 175 (1865).
    • Oxydectes maritima (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 614 (1891).

Homonyms edit

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern USA
      • Alabama; Florida; North Carolina; South Carolin; Georgia
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Mexico Southeast;
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize; Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
    • Regional: Caribbean America
      • Bermuda; Cuba; Venezuelan Antilles
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia; Venezuela

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

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