Croton catatii var. schizolepis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 44. 2016

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 : 63-64

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586

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scientific name

Croton catatii var. schizolepis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 44. 2016
status

 

Croton catatii var. schizolepis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 44. 2016

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: 45 km NE of Morondava on Beroboka road, 20°03'S, 44°37'E, 7/ 8 Dec 1990, L. Gillespie 4117 (holotype: K!; isotype: MO!) GoogleMaps .

Notes.

This variety has much smaller leaves than typical Croton catatii and is only a small shrub, so it is not clear yet whether it fits within another species or of it may represent an undescribed species.