Croton bonplandianus Baill., Adansonia 4: 339. 1864, as 'bonplandianum'

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 : 20

30. Croton bonplandianus Baill., Adansonia 4: 339. 1864, as 'bonplandianum'

Type.

Argentina. Prov. Corrientes: 1833, A. Bonpland s.n. (lectotype, designated here: P [P00623061]!; isolectotype: P [P00623060]!) . Paraguay: Apr-May 1845, H.A. Weddell 3207 (syntypes: P [P00623063]!, P [P00623062]!) .

Habit and distribution.

Herbs to subshrubs; native to southern South America, but naturalized in the Mascarene islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues ( Croizat 1944, Coode 1982), as well as on Mayotte (Grande Terre - Mamoudzou, Kawéni, 9 Sep 2005, Barthelat & Changama 1504, K).

Notes.

Croton bonplandianus is currently the only non-native, naturalized species of Croton in the Western Indian Ocean Region. Oddly, it is known from Mayotte and the Mascarenes, but it has not yet been observed or collected in Madagascar.