Euphorbiaceae
Croton

Croton grossedentatus Pittier

First published in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 20: 8 (1930)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Venezuela. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Venezuela

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Riina, R., Van Ee, B.W., Rossi Caruzo, M.B., Carneiro-Torres, D.S., Freitas dos Santos, R. & Berry, P.E. (2021). The Neotropical Croton sect. Geiseleria (Euphorbiaceae): Classification Update, Phylogenetic Framework, and Seven New Species from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 106: 111-166.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Riina, R., Van Ee, B.W., Rossi Caruzo, M.B., Carneiro-Torres, D.S., Freitas dos Santos, R. & Berry, P.E. (2021). The Neotropical Croton sect. Geiseleria (Euphorbiaceae): Classification Update, Phylogenetic Framework, and Seven New Species from South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 106: 111-166.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0