Croton sylvaticus

Croton sylvaticus

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 sylvaticus

Name

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Croton sylvaticus Hochst., Flora 28: 82 (1845).

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Oxydectes sylvatica Hochst.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 613 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Croton oxypetalus Müll.Arg., J. Bot. 2: 339 (1864).
    • Oxydectes oxypetala (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).
    • Croton stuhlmannii Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 80 (1894).
    • Claoxylon sphaerocarpum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 284 (1898).
    • Croton verdickii De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 277 (1908).
    • Croton asperifolius Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 79 (1909).
    • Croton bukobensis Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 77 (1909).

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe

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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