Croton manampetsae var. lepidotus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 27. 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 : 66

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586

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scientific name

Croton manampetsae var. lepidotus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 27. 2016
status

 

Croton manampetsae var. lepidotus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 27. 2016

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: environs de Tuléar (Toliara), 30 km Tulear-Tananarive , Mar 1960, M. Keraudren 541 (holotype: P [P00133295]!) .

Notes.

This variety differ from Croton manampetsae in that the leaves are mostly alternate (vs. opposite) and in the lepidote indumentum on the abaxial side of the leaves (vs. stellate trichomes). It will likely be described as a distinct species.