Croton mavoravina Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, ser . 5, 7(1): 25. 1939

Berry, Paul E., Kainulainen, Kent & Ee, Benjamin W. van, 2017, A Nomenclator of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, and the Mascarene Islands, PhytoKeys 90, pp. 1-87 : 46

86. Croton mavoravina Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, ser. 5, 7(1): 25. 1939

Croton capuronii Leandri, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 103: 604. 1957 [ ‘1956’]. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Anosy Region: environs de Bevilany, route Ambovombe-Fort Dauphin, 23 Sep 1953, R. Capuron 8493bis (lectotype, designated here: P [P00312141]!; isolectotype: P [P00347487]!). Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: environs de Fort Dauphin, près de Bevilany, 14 Sep 1928, H. Humbert & C.F. Swingle 5673 (syntypes: G, K, P [P00133508]!).

Croton mavoravina var. gracilis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 31. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Beza Mahafaly Reserve near Betioky, 23°40'S, 44°35'E, 5 Jan 1988, P.B. Phillipson 2785 (holotype: K; isotypes: MO, P [P00133515]!).

Croton mavoravina var. gymnolepis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 31. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: District d’Amboasary, Canton de Tranomaro, Ambatomika, 25 May 1957, G. Cours 5221 (holotype: P [P00133507]!).

Croton mavoravina var. imanombensis Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 32. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Imanombo, Nov 1952, J.M. Bosser 3837 (holotype: P [P00133495]!).

Croton mavoravina var. rotundifolius Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 32. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Beza Mahafaly Reserve near Betioky, hills E of the Sakamena River, valley of the Ambinda stream, 23°40'S, 44°39'E, 26 Oct 1987, P.B. Phillipson 2450 (holotype: K; isotypes: MO, P [P00133513]!).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: de Tsivory à Anadabolava, Mandrare moyen, 300-400 m, Dec 1933, H. Humbert 12319 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00312342]!; isolectotype: P [P00133510]!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; southern Madagascar (Toliara).

Notes.

A fourth variety of Croton mavoravina that was described by Radcliffe-Smith (2016) as C. mavoravina var. thysanolepis is not part of this species at all, but rather is a synonym of C. crossolepis .