Euphorbiaceae
Croton

Croton andinus Müll.Arg.

First published in Linnaea 34: 126 (1865)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bolivia to N. Central Argentina. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Paraguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • van Ee, B.W. & Berry, P.E. (2011). Croton section Pedicellati (Euphorbiaceae), a novel New World group, and a new subsectional classification of Croton section Lamprocroton. Systematic Botany 36: 88-98.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • van Ee, B.W. & Berry, P.E. (2011). Croton section Pedicellati (Euphorbiaceae), a novel New World group, and a new subsectional classification of Croton section Lamprocroton. Systematic Botany 36: 88-98.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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