Euphorbiaceae

Croton L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1004 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics to N. America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Chagos Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, Japan, Ontario, Rodrigues, Victoria, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caruzo, M.B.R. & Cordeiro, I. (2013). Taxonomic revision of Croton section Cleodora (Euphorbiaceae). Phytotaxa 121: 1-41.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sordé, R.C. & al. (2019). Taxonomic synopsis of Croton section Geiseleria (Euphorbiaceae) in Brazil, including description of a new species. Phytotaxa 417: 1-105.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19C: 83 (1931).
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 746

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 436 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl.: 1004 (1753), pro parte

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.P. 3(1): 293 (1880)
  • Hutch. in F.T.A. 6(1): 746 (1912)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 436 (1754)
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 512 (1866)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1004 (1753), pro parte,

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2014 s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], Singapore K001132972 Yes
Andrieux, G. [109], Mexico K000503089 No
Purpus, C.A. [13049], Mexico K000503090 No
Orcutt, C.R. [4515], Mexico K000503093 No
Orcutt, C.R. [3305], Mexico K000503092 No
Hinton, G.B. [3327], México State K000476733 No
Hinton, G.B. [10304], Guerrero K000476734 No
Hinton, G.B. [8757], México State K000476739 No
Hinton, G.B. [8979], México State K000476742 No
Hinton, G.B. [13006], Michoacán K000476744 No
Hinton, G.B. [4268], México State K000476749 No
Palmer, E.W. [288], Chihuahua K000476755 No
Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [Cat. no. s.n.], India K001132963 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [944], México State K000476735 No
Palmer, E.W. [63], Tamaulipas K000476752 No
Langlassé, E. [824], Mexico K000503095 No
Hinton, G.B. [10334], Guerrero K000476746 No
Hinton, G.B. [11978], Michoacán K000476743 No
Hinton, G.B. [6118], Guerrero K000476748 No
Orcutt, C.R. [3303], Mexico K000503091 No
Hinton, G.B. [4348], México State K000476745 No
Palmer, E.W. [1147], Mexico K000476751 No
Andrieux, G. [110], Mexico K000503088 No
Hinton, G.B. [10520], Guerrero K000476738 No
Hinton, G.B. [3327], México State K000476732 No
Palmer, E.W. [390], Coahuila K000476750 No
Hinton, G.B. [1200], México State K000476736 No
Palmer, E.W. [1138 1/2], Mexico K000476753 No
Hinton, G.B. [12690], Michoacán K000476740 No
Hinton, G.B. [11818], Michoacán K000476741 No
Langlassé, E. [1020], Mexico K000503094 No
Hinton, G.B. [7860], Guerrero K000476737 No
Brunt, M.A. [273], Cameroon K000181037 No
Palmer, E.W. [93], Jalisco K000476754 No
Hinton, G.B. [4293], México State K000476747 No
Lindeman, J.C. [6163], Brazil Julocroton K001210360 Yes
Arbo, M.M. [3236], Brazil Julocroton K001210363 Yes
Tweedie, J. [153], Argentina Julocroton K001210362 Yes
Palacios-Cuezzo [1885], Brazil Julocroton K001210361 Yes
Folli, D.A. [1758], Brazil Julocroton K001210359 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images