Croton brevispicatus Baill., Adansonia 1: 152. 1861, as 'brevispicatum'

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 : 21

32. Croton brevispicatus Baill., Adansonia 1: 152. 1861, as 'brevispicatum'

Croton brachybotryus Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 571. 1866, nom. superfl. Type. Based on Croton brevispicatus Baill.

Oxydectes brevispicata (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 609. 1891. Type. Based on Croton brevispicatus Baill.

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: [Diana Region] côte orientale, Baie de Rigny , Dec 1848, L.H. Boivin 2658 (holotype: P [P00131378]!; isotypes: G [G00018191]!, G-DC [G00311751]!), P [P00131406] !).

Habit and distribution.

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

Notes.

Boivin's collection number 2658 was applied to several different collection events. Baillon (1861) was apparently aware of this given the greater detail in which he cited Boivin's specimens, such as "Boivin (1848), n. 2658, Madag., baie de Rigny (h. Mus.)" under Croton brevispicatus and "Boivin, n. 2658, cap d’Ambre” under C. squamiger Baill. Müller (1866) cited C. brevispicatus Baill., as well as the type of that species ("Boivin n. 2658! in hb. Mus. Paris"), in his treatment of C. brachybotryus , which we interpret as an illegitimate name for C. brevispicatus . The isotype at P was a gift from the Caen herbarium received by the Paris herbarium in 1974, and it was never annotated by Baillon, although it had been annotated by Müller.