Crotonoideae

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: Adenoclineae – Aleuritideae – Codiaeae – Crotoneae – Elateriospermeae – Gelonieae – Jatropheae – Manihoteae – Micrandreae – Ricinocarpeae – Ricinodendreae – Trigonostemoneae
Genera incertae tribus: Karima – Radcliffea

Name

Crotonoideae Burmeist., (1837) as Crotoneae

Type genus: Croton L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1004. (1753)

Note: Cheek at al. (2016) note that there are taxonomic problems with tribal limits in this subfamily, but as yet there has not been a satisfactory resolution see also Stevens (2021) & Wurdack et al. (2005).

References

Primary references

Burmeister, C.H.C., 1837. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte 247.

Additional references

Cheek, M., Challen, G., Lebbie, A., Banks, H., Barberá, P. & Riina, R. 2016. Discovering Karima (Euphorbiaceae), a new crotonoid genus from West Tropical Africa long hidden within Croton. PLoS ONE 11(4): p.e0152110. Reference page.
Hoffmann, P. & Wurdack, K.J. 2006. Radcliffea, a new genus of Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto from Madagascar. Kew Bulletin 61(2): 193-197. JSTOR Reference page.
van Welzen, P.C., Arias Guerrero, S., Arifiani, D., Bangun, T.J.F., Bouman, R.W., Eurlings, M.C.M., Gushilman, I., Phillipson, P.B., Tabak, I., Winkel, E. & Wurdack, K.J. 2020. Weda, a new genus with two new species of Euphorbiaceae‐Crotonoideae from Halmahera (North Maluku, Indonesia) and phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian tribe Ricinocarpeae. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 59(5): 1000–1017. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12581 Reference page.
Wurdack, K. J. Hoffmann, P. & Chase, M. W. 2005. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto) using plastid RBCL and TRNL-F DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 92: 1397. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.8.1397 Reference page.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2020. Crotonoideae. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2020. Reference page.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Crotonoideae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun 2020. Reference page.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

한국어: 크로톤아과
українська: Кротонові
Tiếng Việt: Phân họ Ba đậu