Croton bifurcatus Baill., Adansonia 1: 164. 1861, as 'bifurcatum'

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 : 19

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scientific name	Croton bifurcatus Baill., Adansonia 1: 164. 1861, as 'bifurcatum'
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24. Croton bifurcatus Baill., Adansonia 1: 164. 1861, as 'bifurcatum'

Croton bifurcatus var. genuinus Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 584. 1866, nom. inval.

Oxydectes bifurcata (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611. 1891. Type. Based on Croton bifurcatus Baill.

Croton bifurcatus var. humblotii Leandri ex Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 25. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Mayotte [French Overseas Department]: forêt de Mazé, M. Bini [Majimbini], 24 May 1884, L. Humblot 1162 (holotype: K; isotype: P [P00196067]!).

Type.

Mayotte [French Overseas Department]: Cascade du Msapéré, 1849, L.H. Boivin 3380 (holotype: P [P00196066]!; isotypes: G-DC [G00311982]!), G [G00446373]!, P [P00196065]!, P [P00466147] !).

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; known only from the French island of Mayotte in the Comoro Islands.

Notes.

The type of C. bifurcatus var. humblotii differs in only minor ways from typical C. bifurcatus .