Euphorbiaceae
Croton

Croton sulcifructus Balf.f.

First published in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 94 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Socotra (Hajhir Mountains). It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Socotra

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [421] Yemen K004448174 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10397] Yemen K004448169 Yes
Bent [s.n.] Yemen K000347456 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [621] Yemen K004448176 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10338] Yemen K004448170 Yes
s.coll. [484] Yemen K004448177 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Guarino, L.; Obadi, N.; Hassan, M.; Mohammed, N. [M8663] Yemen K004448178 Yes
Balfour, I.B. [496] Yemen K000347455 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10011] Yemen K004448179 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [531] Yemen K004448173 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Guarino, L.; Obadi, N.; Mohammed, N. [M8330] Yemen K004448172 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [421] Yemen K004448175 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Bazara'a, M.; Guarino, L.; Kassim, N. [M10335] Yemen K004448171 Yes
Thulin, M.; Gifri, A.N. [8847] Yemen Croton elaeagnoides K004448147 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [213] Yemen Croton elaeagnoides K004448146 Yes
Balfour, I.B. [492] Yemen Croton elaeagnoides K000347447 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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