Croton subsect. Medea (Klotzsch, 1841) Pax, 1890
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.263.3.1 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E7E87A1-FFAD-3840-A8AB-FA57FA6BFF30 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Croton subsect. Medea |
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Key to species of Croton subsect. Medea from Brazilian campos rupestres
1. Leaves glabrous ......................................................................................................................................................... Croton arlineae View in CoL
- Leaves with indumentum..................................................................................................................................................................2
2. Leaves petiolate, petiole longer than 4 mm .......................................................................................................................................3
- Leaves subsessile, petiole 1−2 mm long...........................................................................................................................................4
3. Leaf blade lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, base symmetric, margin irregularly serrate along the whole length; margin of the sepals of the pistillate flower with entire, sessile glands; petals absent in the pistillate flowers .......................... C. cerino-dentatus View in CoL
- Leaf blade ovate-lanceolate, base asymmetric, margin irregularly serrate except for the base; margin of the sepals of the pistillate flower stipitate-glandulose; petals glanduliform in the pistillate flowers ................................................................. C. siderophyllus View in CoL
4. Inflorescences without a naked sterile zone between the basal pistillate flowers and the apical staminate ones.............................5
- Inflorescences with a naked sterile zone between the basal pistillate flowers and the apical staminate ones..................................7
5. Sepals of the staminate flower with stipitate-glandulose margin .................................................................................. C. staechadis
- Sepals of the staminate flower with entire margin............................................................................................................................6
6. Leaf blade not punctuated, leaf margin entire ........................................................................................................... C. timandroides View in CoL
- Leaf blade punctuated, leaf margin serrate ....................................................................................................................... C. serratus View in CoL
7. Sepals of the pistillate flower with entire margin..............................................................................................................................8
- Sepals of the pistillate flower with stipitate-glandulose margin......................................................................................................10
8. Sepals of the pistillate flowers with margin eglandulose ............................................................................................... C. pradensis View in CoL
- Sepals of the pistillate flowers with margin entire with sessile glands.............................................................................................9
9. Stipules triangular; petals of the pistillate flower absent ............................................................................................. C. lenheirensis View in CoL
- Stipules lanceolate, laciniate-glandulose; petals of the pistillate flowers subflabelliform ............................................ C. gnidiaceus View in CoL
10. Leaf blade with margin entire, stipules 2−3 mm long; petals of the staminate flower glabrous on both surfaces, filaments and anthers pilose ................................................................................................................................................................. C. Josephinus
- Leaf blade with margin laciniate-glandulose, stipules 4−7 mm long; petals of the staminate flower pilose on the adaxial surface and glabrous on the abaxial one, filaments villous at the base and anthers glabrous .............................................................. C. vestituss
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