Euphorbiaceae
Croton

Croton dichogamus Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 78 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to Mozambique. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 47 (1921).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 50 (1936).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 189 (1961).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 753 (1912).
  • J. Léon. in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 8(1): 62 (1962).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 204 (1949).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 78 (1909).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 256, t. 88. 3 (1982)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 216, t. 65/3 (1983).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 120 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/963] Kenya K004448354 Yes
Baltiscombe, E. [814] Kenya K004448296 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mwasumbi, L.; K. Vollesen [894] Tanzania K004448371 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [566] Kenya K004448304 Yes
Bally; Smith, A.R. [B14713] Kenya K004448283 Yes
Hedberg, O.; et al. [TMP294] Tanzania K004448320 Yes
[K. Hukui] [8] Tanzania K004448316 Yes
Rogers, C.G. [28] Kenya K004448308 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8596] Kenya K004448305 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [36] Kenya K004448359 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4766] Kenya K004448291 Yes
Carmichael, W. [1355] Tanzania K004448368 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7672] Kenya K004448345 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4567] Tanzania K004448325 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [10270] Tanzania K004448310 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7684] Kenya K004448347 Yes
Richards, M. [19951] Tanzania K004448323 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12825] Kenya K004448307 Yes
Dummer, R.A. [5049] Kenya K004448297 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [6520] Tanzania K004448365 Yes
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [675] Kenya K004448330 Yes
Tanner, R. [3302] Tanzania K004448317 Yes
Phillips (Mr) [2K] Tanzania K004448329 Yes
van Someren (Dr) [1598] Kenya K004448298 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5408] Kenya K004448301 Yes
Agnew, A.D.Q. [5544] Kenya K004448351 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [814] Kenya K004448292 Yes
Scheffler, G. [1] Kenya K000347457 Type Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [15229] Kenya K004448334 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [733] Kenya K004448280 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M. [224] Kenya K004448335 Yes
Rogers, C.G. [385] Kenya K004448339 Yes
Meyerhoff, E. [50M] Kenya K004448285 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [814] Kenya K004448295 Yes
Richards, M. [23353] Tanzania K004448315 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [24929] Tanzania K004448367 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4233] Kenya K004448290 Yes
Tanner, R. [1066] Tanzania K004448363 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [879] Tanzania K004448324 Yes
Lebrun, J. [9688] Rwanda K004447822 Yes
Adamson, T. [10a] Kenya K004448282 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [24962] Tanzania K004448314 Yes
Linder [3625] Kenya K004448333 Yes
[H. A. Lendem] [291] Tanzania K004448326 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [s.n.] Kenya K004448337 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B12327] Kenya K004448289 Yes
Pócs, T.; Persson, A. [88007] Tanzania K004448327 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [67] Kenya K004448357 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [13904] Kenya K004448302 Yes
Conrads (Father) [907] Tanzania K004448313 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [3505] Kenya K004448288 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2772] Kenya K004448338 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [785] Kenya K004448355 Yes
Wood, G.H.S. [664] Uganda K004448278 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [10457] Kenya K004448360 Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Erens, J. [1118] Kenya K004448343 Yes
Tanner, R. [1760] Tanzania K004448362 Yes
Procter, J. [1037] Tanzania K004448361 Yes
Scheffler, G. [463] Kenya K004448293 Yes
Kisena [310] Tanzania K004448322 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2393] Tanzania K004448311 Yes
Hucks, M. [914] Kenya K004448306 Yes
s.coll. [6377] Kenya K004448358 Yes
s.coll. [8690] Rwanda K004447821 Yes
Moore, A. (Mrs) [66] Tanzania K004448312 Yes
[Nat. Mus] [74/2162] Kenya K004448331 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [9050] Tanzania K004448369 Yes
Bancroft, C.L. [27] Tanzania K004448319 Yes
Kisena [310] Tanzania K004448321 Yes
Dyson, W.G. [397A] Kenya K004448349 Yes
Ruffo [1375] Tanzania K004448372 Yes
van Someren (Dr) [s.n.] Kenya K004448340 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kenya K004448300 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7713] Kenya K004448342 Yes
Runyinya, B. [914] Rwanda K004447819 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [781] Tanzania K004448376 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [384] Tanzania K004448364 Yes
Greenway [4485] Tanzania K004448318 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [1958] Tanzania K004448373 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [2980] Kenya K004448281 Yes
Nesbit-Evans, E.M. [14] Kenya K004448332 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13120] Kenya K004448279 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6711] Kenya K004448294 Yes
Pócs, T.; Persson, A. [88007] Tanzania K004448328 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B17009] Kenya K004448284 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [10241] Tanzania K004448309 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [5059] Kenya K004448344 Yes
Mbuvi, D.M. [429] Kenya K004448353 Yes
Synnott, T.J. [1859] Kenya K004448286 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7713] Kenya K004448341 Yes
s.coll. [8858] Rwanda K004447820 Yes
[Hornby]; [Mrs. Hornby] [756] Tanzania K004448374 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.); Arasululu, S. [26519] Tanzania K004448366 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8966] Kenya K004448348 Yes
St. Clair-Thompson, G.W. [586] Tanzania K004448370 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5744] Kenya K004448346 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Samuels [2876] Kenya K004448303 Yes
Vesey-Fitzgerald, L.D.E.F. [67] Kenya K004448356 Yes
Tweedie [2447] Kenya K004448336 Yes
Bally; Smith [14751] Kenya K004448352 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [911] Tanzania K004448375 Yes
Clayton, D. [DC37] Kenya K004448350 Yes

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    • '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.
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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0