Croton fuscus (Didr.) Müller Argoviensis (1865: 131)

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 : 245-246

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7268544

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Croton fuscus (Didr.) Müller Argoviensis (1865: 131)
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13. Croton fuscus (Didr.) Müller Argoviensis (1865: 131) View in CoL .

Myriogomphos fuscus Didrichsen (1857: 143) .

Type: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: Franca , June 1834, P.W. Lund s.n. (holotype C; isotype G-DC 00312539!). ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 , F–I)

This subshrub can be recognized by its glabrescent young branches and leaves, rhombic or obovate leaf blades, and the presence of a xylopodium. The species is viscid due to the presence of glands along the margin of the stipules, bracts, and pistillate sepals. It is a member of section Barhamia subsect. Medea ( van Ee et al. 2011) .

Distribution and habitat:— Occurs in midwestern (MS), southern (PR), and southeastern (SP) Brazil ( Caruzo & Cordeiro 2007, Caruzo et al. 2020), growing in the ‘cerrado’ habitat, between 555 and 730 m elevation. ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ).

Phenology:— Flowering and fruiting from September to October.

Representative specimens:— BRAZIL. Paraná: Campo Mourão , 14 October 1965, G . Hatschbach 13022 ( HCF, MBM, RB). Idem, Cerrado Valtra , 24°00’36.69”S, 52°21’47.24”W, 555 m, 19 October 2016, A. P. N GoogleMaps . Pereira , F. S . Petrongari & O. L. M . Silva 31 ( SP). Tibagi, Fazenda Monte Alegre , Harmonia , 14 September 1952, G . Hatschbach 2807 ( MBM, NY) .

C

University of Copenhagen

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

HCF

Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

MBM

San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammals

RB

Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro

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

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

O

Botanical Museum - University of Oslo

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

SP

Instituto de Botânica

NY

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

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Croton fuscus (Didr.) Müller Argoviensis (1865: 131)

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

Myriogomphos fuscus

Didrichsen 1857: 143
1857
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