Sphaerogyni Caruzo (2011: 204)
Croton sphaerogynus Baillon (1864: 326)
Taxonomic revision of Croton section Cleodora (Euphorbiaceae)
Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi
Cordeiro, Inês
Phytotaxa
2013
2013-08-07
121
1
1
41
8VWKB
Linnaeus (1753:
1004
[151,236,510,536]
Magnoliopsida
Euphorbiaceae
Croton
Plantae
Malpighiales
3
4
Tracheophyta
genus
Species of Crotonsubsection Sphaerogynioccur in eastern Brazil, except for C. cajucara, an Amazonian species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. Members of this subsection typically occupy moist forests, except for C. heterocalyx Baillon (1864: 324), which occurs in seasonally dry forests and in moist forests in seashore plains (“restinga” forests) in eastern Brazil( Caruzo et al.2011).