Croton scoriarum Leandri, Adansonia, ser . 2, 12: 68. 1972

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 : 55-56

112. Croton scoriarum Leandri, Adansonia, ser. 2, 12: 68. 1972

Croton bathianus var. ambatondrazakae Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 114. 2016. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Menaloha (G-3), Distr. d’Ambatondrazaka, Nov 1937, G. Cours 587 (holotype: P [P00127483]!).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana-Mahajanga border: Centre, au lieu dit Analankeboka, à l'Ouest de Bealanana , 20 Nov 1966, Service Forestier 27107-SF (lectotype, designated by Kainulainen et al. 2017b, pg. 398: P [P00706283]!; isolectotypes: K [K000895678]!, P [P00706284]!, TEF [TEF000183]!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs or small trees; northern and central Madagascar (Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina).