Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271)

Pereira, Amanda Da Paixão Noronha, Riina, Ricarda & Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi, 2022, Croton (Euphorbiaceae) of the Brazilian state of Paraná: an annotated checklist, species distribution, and identification key, Phytotaxa 570 (3), pp. 231-274 : 242

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.3.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7268538

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scientific name

Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271)
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9. Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271) View in CoL .

Julocroton humilis Didrichsen (1857: 132) View in CoL .

Type:— BRAZIL. São Paulo: “campis Mugi ”, November 1833, P.W. Lund s.n. (holotype C 10011298 !; isotypes A 00277247 !, C 10011297 !, G 00312779 !). ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 , G–I)

This subshrub can be recognized by its densely yellowish to ferrugineous indumentum, the presence of a xylopodium, congested inflorescences, and pinnatifid pistillate sepal. It shares several morphological characters with C. triqueter . However, C. didrichsenii is a subshrub found in ‘cerrado’, while C. triqueter is a shrub found mainly at the edge of forests. The species belongs to Croton sect. Julocroton ( van Ee et al. 2011) .

Distribution and habitat:— It ocurrs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (BA, DF, GO, MG, MS, MT, PR, RS, SC, SP, TO), Paraguay, and Uruguay ( Caruzo & Cordeiro 2007, Cordeiro 1990, Caruzo et al. 2020). It is frequently found in open vegetation (‘campo limpo’ and ‘cerrado’), between 550 and 1050 m elevation. ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ).

Phenology:— Flowering and fruiting from September to March.

Representative specimens:— PARANÁ: Campo Mourão, Cerrado Valtra, 24°00’’52.04’ S, 52°21’47.02”W , 555 m, 18 October 2016, A. P. N . Pereira, F. S . Petrongari & O. L. M . Silva 30 ( SP). Jaguariaíva, Parque Estadual do Cerrado , 05 November 1994, A . Uhlmann 94 ( MBM, UPCB). Idem, Lageado 5 Reis , 18 September 1975, G . Hatschbach 37085 ( MBM). Piraí do Sul , Rodovia PR-090, 10 km O do alto da Serra das Furnas, 12 January 2000, G . Hatschbach, M . Hatschbach & J. M . Silva 69899 ( MBM). Tibagi, Fazenda Monte Alegre , 16 September 1952, G . Hatschbach 3078 ( MBM) .

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

N

Nanjing University

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

O

Botanical Museum - University of Oslo

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

SP

Instituto de Botânica

MBM

San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammals

UPCB

Universidade Federal do Paraná

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

J

University of the Witwatersrand

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Loc

Croton didrichsenii Webster (1992: 271)

Pereira, Amanda Da Paixão Noronha, Riina, Ricarda & Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi 2022
2022
Loc

Julocroton humilis

Didrichsen 1857: 132
1857
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