Croton droguetioides Kainul. & Radcl.-Sm., Candollea 71: 331. 2016 [23 Nov 2016]

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 : 29-30

48. Croton droguetioides Kainul. & Radcl.-Sm., Candollea 71: 331. 2016 [23 Nov 2016]

Croton droguetioides Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 16. 2016 [23 Dec 2016]. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: marais et bordures de Torotorofotsy, 18°52'S, 48°20'E, 24 Feb 1997, P. Rakotomalaza et al. 1170 (holotype: K!; isotype: MO!), nom. illeg.

Croton alaotrensis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 10. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. "Central Madagascar", received Dec 1883, R. Baron 3006 (holotype: K!, isotype: P [P00131488]!).

Croton parietarioides Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 16. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Ambatoharanana, près Antsevabe, 1000 m, 6 Mar 1951, G. Cours 4111 (holotype: K!; isotype: P [P00418635]!).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Moramanga District, Andasibe , Berano , Ambatovy mine concession, 18°47'59"S, 48°20'31"E, 1009 m, 22 Mar 2016, B. van Ee, P. Antilahimena, K. Kainulainen & P.E. Berry 2447 (holotype: MICH [MICH1513195]!, isotypes: MO!, P!, TAN!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; eastern montane Madagascar (Toamasina).

Notes.

Radcliffe-Smith (2016) erroneously placed the type of Croton parietarioides in Antananarivo Province, mistaking Antsevabe for Antsirabe. Antsevabe is close to the Ankeniheny-Zahamena eastern montane forest corridor and lies ca. 25 km southeast of Ambatondrazaka.