Euphorbiaceae
Croton

Croton dybowskii Hutch.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 755 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to N. Angola. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon

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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mpandzou, A.L.; Cheek, M.; Mboungou, R.; Nkondi, F. [1778] Congo, Republic of the K000609796 Yes
Mpandzou, A.L.; Cheek; Kami, T.; Mboungou, R.; Nkondi, F.; Mankarika, M. [1671] Congo, Republic of the K000609801 Yes
Mpandzou, A.L.; Cheek, M.; Mboungou, R.; Nkondi, F. [1894] Congo, Republic of the K000609795 Yes
Mpandzou, A.L.; Cheek, M.; Mboungou, R.; Nkondi, F. [1875] Congo, Republic of the K000609794 Yes
Mpandzou, A.L.; Cheek, M.; Kami, T.; Mboungou, R.; Nkondi, F. [1703] Congo, Republic of the K000609797 Yes
Wagemans [2062] Congo, Republic of the K004447825 Yes
van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H.; Ngok Banak, L.; Azizet Issembé, Y.; Nzabi, T. [2821] Gabon K004447824 Yes
Dybowski, J. [76] Gabon K000961618 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [8954] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004447823 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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