Croton bracteatus Lam., Encycl. 2: 208. 1786, as 'bracteatum'

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 : 20-21

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scientific name	Croton bracteatus Lam., Encycl. 2: 208. 1786, as 'bracteatum'
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31. Croton bracteatus Lam., Encycl. 2: 208. 1786, as 'bracteatum'

Andrichnia bracteata (Lam.) Baill., Étude. Euphorb. 362. 1858. Type. Based on Croton bracteatus Lam.

Oxydectes bracteata (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611. 1891. Type. Based on Croton bracteatus Lam.

Croton ivohibensis var. puncticulatus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 150. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Fianarantsoa: Farafangana, Réserve spéciale de Manombo, 23°03'42"S, 47°44'26"E, 30 m, 25 Aug 1995, P. Rakotomalaza et al. 452 (holotype: K!; isotype: MO!).

Type.

Madagascar. sin. loc., s.d., P. Commerson s.n. (holotype: P-LA [P00382050]!; isotypes: G-DC [G00311196]!, G [G00446380]!, MPU [MPU014765]!, MPU [MPU014766]!, P [P00312457]!; probable isotype: P-JU (P00131377]!).

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs or small trees; eastern coastal Madagascar (southern Fianarantsoa).

Notes.

The collection locality of the type of Croton bracteatus is uncertain. Although most of Commerson's collections from Madagascar came from the Fort Dauphin area in Toliara Province, the type of C. bracteatus matches well specimens from the Manombo Reserve south of Farafangana in Fianarantsoa Province.