Croton texensis

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 texensis

Name

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Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Mull.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 692 (1866).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Hendecandra texensis Klotzsch, Arch. Naturgesch. 7: 252 (1841).
  • Homotypic
    • Oxydectes texensis (Klotzsch) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 614 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Croton muricatus Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 173 (1835), nom. illeg.
    • Hendecandra multiflora Torr., Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.: 96 (1845).
    • Croton virens Müll.Arg., Linnaea 34: 142 (1865).
    • Oxydectes virens (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 613 (1891).
    • Croton luteovirens Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 145 (1913).
    • Croton texensis var. utahensis Cronquist, Great Basin Naturalist 52: 76 (1992).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; Colorado; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Mexico Northeast; Mexico Northwest; Missouri; Nebraska; New Mexico; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Wyoming

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

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Texas croton
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