Croton elaeagni Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 848. 1890

Berry, Paul E., Kainulainen, Kent & Ee, Benjamin W. van, 2017, A Nomenclator of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, and the Mascarene Islands, PhytoKeys 90, pp. 1-87 : 30

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scientific name

Croton elaeagni Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 848. 1890
status

 

49. Croton elaeagni Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 848. 1890

Croton elaeagni var. antsingyensis Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 5, 7(1): 34. 1939, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Mahajanga: Andranoboka, 21 Nov 1932, J. Leandri 551 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00133092]!; isolectotypes: P [P00133093]!, S [S07-14588]!). Madagascar. Prov. Mahajanga: Amborokontsy, 6 Oct 1932, J. Leandri 124 (syntypes: P [P00133090]!, P [P00133091]!).

Croton elaeagni var. antsirananae Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 90. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Réserve Spéciale d’Ankarana, à environ 106 km au Sud d’Antsiranana par route, et 12 km à l’Ouest de Mahamasina au Lac Vert, 12°55'13"S, 49°05'10"E, 12 Dec 1995, O. Andrianantoanina & R. Bezara 908 (holotype: K!, isotypes: MO, P [P00433269]!).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Andakabé, près Morondava, s.d., H. Grevé 82 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00133081]!; isolectotypes: G [G00018188]!, K [K001040385]!, P [P00133082]!, P [P00133083]!, P [P00133084]!, P [P00133085]!, P [P05481486]!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; northern, western and southern Madagascar (Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toliara).