Croton bathianus Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, ser . 5, 7(1): 80. 1939, as 'bathiana'

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 : 17

18. Croton bathianus Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, ser. 5, 7(1): 80. 1939, as 'bathiana'

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Mahajanga: Haut Bemarivo , Oct 1907, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 9545 (lectotype, designated by Kainulainen et al. 2017b, p. 386: P [P00301483]!; isolectotype: P [P00127503]!) . Madagascar. Prov. Mahajanga: collines sèches de haut Bemarivo , Dec 1906, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 9633 (syntype: P [P00389630]!) . Madagascar. Prov. Mahajanga: Maromandia, presqu’île Radama , 13 Oct 1922, R. Decary 1133 (syntype: P [P00389631]!), ibid. loc., 11 Oct 1922, R. Decary 1174 (syntype: P [P00301482]!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; northwestern Madagascar (Antsiranana, Mahajanga).