Croton goudotii Baill., Adansonia 1: 157. 1861

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 : 34

60. Croton goudotii Baill., Adansonia 1: 157. 1861

Croton platanifolius Bojer ex Baker, J. Bot. 20: 268. 1882. Type. Madagascar. edges of woods in East Betsileo, received Jul 1880, R. Baron 262 (holotype: K [K000422589]!; isotype(fragment): P [P00133700, upper packet]!).

Croton emirnensis Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 252. 1883. Type. Madagascar. sin. loc. s.d., R. Baron 1854 (lectotype, designated here: K [K000422588]!). Madagascar. sin. loc., s.d., R. Baron 1841 (syntypes: K [K001040356]!, P [P00133701]!).

Oxydectes goudotii (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611. 1891. Type. Based on Croton goudotii Baill.

Croton mollivelus Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 926. 1891, as ' mollivelum '. Type. Madagascar. sin. loc., s.d., C.M. Le Myre de Vilers s.n. (holotype: P [P00310180]!).

Croton tsaratananae Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 5, 7(1): 74. 1939, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana/Mahajanga border: Mont Tsaratanana, 2000 m, Dec 1912, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 9720 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00389496]!; isolectotypes: P [P00154411]!, P [P00154412]!).

Croton goudotii var. tsaratananae (Leandri) Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 128. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Based on Croton tsaratananae Leandri

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Antananarivo: environs de Tananarivo, rec’d. 1840, J.P. Goudot s.n. (holotype: G [G00018187]!; isotype (fragment from G): P [P00133700, lower packet]!

Habit and distribution.

Trees; upland forests across Madagascar (Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara).