Croton humblotii Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 846. 1890

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 : 39

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scientific name	Croton humblotii Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 846. 1890
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69. Croton humblotii Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 846. 1890

Croton humblotii var. anjuanensis Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 5, 7(1): 44. 1939, syn. nov. Type. Union of the Comoros: Anjouan, Apr 1905, Lavanchie s.n. (holotype: P [P00154408]!).

Type.

Mayotte [French Overseas Department]: forêt de Combani, 10 Oct 1884, L. Humblot 1298 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00196068]!; isolectotypes: K [K000347496]!, K [K001040343]!, LD [LD1210694], LD [LD1210214], LG [LG000009002795]), P [P00196069], P [P00196070] .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs or trees; Comoro Islands, occurring on Mayotte and the three islands of the Union of the Comoros (Anjouan, Grande Comore, and Mohéli).