Lasiocroton
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Genus: | Lasiocroton |
Lasiocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859.[1][2] The genus is endemic to the West Indies.[3][4][5]
- Species[3]
- Lasiocroton bahamensis Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti
- Lasiocroton fawcettii Urb. - Jamaica
- Lasiocroton gracilis Britton & P.Wilson - SE Cuba
- Lasiocroton gutierrezii Jestrow - Cuba
- Lasiocroton harrisii Britton - Jamaica
- Lasiocroton macrophyllus (Sw.) Griseb. - Jamaica
- Lasiocroton microphyllus (A.Rich.) Jestrow - Cuba
- formerly included[3]
- moved to other genera (Bernardia Croton Leucocroton)
- Lasiocroton cordifolius Britton & P.Wilson - Leucocroton cordifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain
- Lasiocroton prunifolius Griseb. - Croton punctatus Jacq.
- Lasiocroton subpeltatus Urb. - Leucocroton subpeltatus (Urb.) Alain
- Lasiocroton trelawniensis C.D.Adams - Bernardia trelawniensis (C.D.Adams) Jestrow & Proctor
References
- ^ August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 46
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.