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).