Croton noronhae Baill., Adansonia 1: 162. 1861

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 : 53

101. Croton noronhae Baill., Adansonia 1: 162. 1861

Oxydectes noronhae (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612. 1891. Type. Based on Croton noronhae Baill.

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Côte est, s.d., L.A. Chapelier s.n. (lectotype, designated here: P [P00133669]!; isolectotypes: MPU [MPU014849]!, P [P00133668]!) . Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Foulpointe, F. Noronha s.n. (syntypes: G [G00018150]!, G-DC [G00311743]; ibid. loc., W. Bojer s.n. (syntypes: K [K001040398]!, P [P00133664]!). Madagascar. sin. loc., L.M.A. Du Petit-Thouars s.n. (syntypes: P [P00133680]!, P [P00133681]!).

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; eastern coastal Madagascar (Fianarantsoa, Toamasina).

Notes.

A Bojer s.n. specimen at G-DC (G00311742) has a label that states "Insula Mauritius, M. Bojer 1833," and is indicated as a type. The only Bojer specimen cited in the protologue of Croton noronhae ( Baillon 1861) is identified as being from Foulpointe, Madagascar, and is cited from P ("h. Mus."). Although the Geneva specimen appears to be correctly identified as C. noronhae , that species is not known from Mauritius. Perhaps it was from a plant native to Madagascar that was cultivated in Mauritius, as was the case with the type of C. anisatus .