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4348.000 Croton
Description of the genus
Monoecious, or rarely dioecious, shrubs or trees with an indumentum of stellate hairs and/or peltate scales. Leaves alternate, sometimes subopposite or subwhorled, simple, petiolate, with 2 sessile or stalked discoid glands on the petiole or at the base of the lamina. Inflorescences terminal, sometimes axillary, either bisexual (the female flowers usually below the males) or unisexual. Male flowers: sepals (4-)5(-6), petals usually present, (4-)5(-6), rarely more; stamens central, 5-many. Female flowers: sepals narrower than the male flowers, petals often smaller, vestigial or 0. Ovary (2-)3(-4)-locular; styles 1-several times 2-fid. Fruit dehiscent with 3 valves or cocci or ± indehiscent. Worldwide: c.750 species in tropical and warm areas. Zimbabwe: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| gratissimus Burch. var. gratissimus | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| gratissimus Burch. var. subgratissimus (Prain) Burtt Davy | C,S | Description |
| leuconeurus Pax subsp. leuconeurus [CR] | W | Description, Image |
| longipedicellatus J. Léonard var. longipedicellatus | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile | E | Description, Image |
| madandensis S. Moore[DD] | E,S | Description, Image |
| megalobotrys Müll. Arg. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| megalocarpus Hutch. | C | Description, Image |
| menyharthii Pax | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| pseudopulchellus Pax | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| steenkampianus Gerstner | S | |
| sylvaticus Hochst. ex C. Krauss | E,S | Description, Image |
| triqueter Lam. | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Croton:
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Flora of Botswana: CrotonFlora of Burundi: Croton
Flora of Caprivi: Croton
Flora of Malawi: Croton
Flora of Mozambique: Croton
Flora of Rwanda: Croton
Flora of Zambia: Croton
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Croton
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CrotonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Croton
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Croton
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Croton
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Croton
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Croton
JSTOR Plant Science: Croton
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Croton
Plants of the World Online: Croton
Tropicos: Croton
Wikipedia: Croton
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