Croton heterodoxus Baillon (1864: 309)

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 : 248

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7260349

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Croton heterodoxus Baillon (1864: 309)
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18. Croton heterodoxus Baillon (1864: 309) View in CoL .

Lectotype (designated by Smith et al. 1988): — BRAZIL. São Paulo: s.loc., 1833, C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré 8 ( P 00623554 !) . Remaining syntype: — BRAZIL. São Paulo: “campos près des Jaquarihahiba”, 1816–1821, A. Saint-Hilaire C2 1443 (P 00623555!). ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 , A–E)

Croton heterodoxus is a subshrub that can be recognized by its lanose indumentum, densely congested inflorescences, and stipules, bracts and pistillate sepals with stipitate glands (colleters) along the margin. The species is a member of section Barhamia subsect. Medea ( van Ee et al. 2011) .

Distribution and habitat:— It occurs in Uruguay and Brazil (PR,SC, SP) ( Smith et al. 1988, Caruzo et al. 2020), growing in open vegetation (‘campos limpos’ and ‘campos sujos’), also common in Campos Gerais in Paraná, between 840 and 1040 m elevation. ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 )

Phenology:— Flowering from August to March, and fruiting from March, August, October and December.

Representative specimens:— PARANÁ: Jaguariaíva, Fazenda Chapadão , 19 August 2010, E . Barbosa , J . Cordeiro , L . von Lessing & E. F . Costa 2672 ( MBM, RB). Palmeira, próximo ao Haras Valente, 04 February 1999, G . Hatschbach & S. R . Ziller 68956 ( MBM). Ponta Grossa, PARNA Campos Gerais, Furnas Gêmeas , 12 November 2015, A. P. N . Pereira e R. F . Santos 05 ( SP). São Jerônimo da Serra, Fazenda Nho O, 26 September 1970, G . Hatschbach & O . Guimarães 24795 ( MBM). Sengés, Rio Itararé , 15 June 1971, G . Hatschbach 26731 ( MBM) .

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

J

University of the Witwatersrand

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

F

Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department

MBM

San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammals

RB

Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro

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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

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Nanjing University

SP

Instituto de Botânica

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Botanical Museum - University of Oslo

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