Croton miarensis Leandri, Adansonia, ser . 2, 9: 504. 1970

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 : 48

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scientific name	Croton miarensis Leandri, Adansonia, ser . 2, 9: 504. 1970
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91. Croton miarensis Leandri, Adansonia, ser. 2, 9: 504. 1970

Croton peltieri Leandri, Adansonia, sér. 2, 10: 184. 1970, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Lac Manampetsa ( “Tsimanampetsotsa”), 23 Oct 1940, R. Decary 16060 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00338571]!; isolectotypes: P [P00154280]!, P [P00154281]!).

Croton peltieri var. hazofotsiensis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 74. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Hazofotsy Reserve 11, 28 Apr 1971, A. Richard 123 (holotype: K!).

Croton miarensis var. monadenius Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 76. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Cap Sainte-Marie et environs Nord du Cap, 17 Dec 1968, Service Forestier 28552 - SF (lectotype, designated here: P [P00154277]!; isolectotype: P [P00154276]!).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Miari , Nov 1956, J. Bosser 10492 (holotype: P [P00312379]!, isotype TAN!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; southern Madagascar (Toliara).

Notes.

This is a very distinctive species from southern Madagascar with silvery, ovate, long-petiolate leaves that usually have a single acropetiolar gland. It is also very unusual in having 1- or 2-locular capsules, and the branching is strongly dichotomous. All of the taxa placed here in synonymy share these features.