Croton cotoneaster Muell .Arg., Flora 47: 484. 1864

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 : 27

41. Croton cotoneaster Muell.Arg., Flora 47: 484. 1864

Oxydectes cotoneaster ( Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611. 1891. Type. Based on Croton cotoneaster Müll.Arg.

Croton mahafaliensis Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 5, 7(1): 75. 1939. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: plateau Mahafaly, Menarandra, Feb 1910, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 9776 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00312455]!; isolectotype: P [P00133488]!) Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Beheloka, 80 m, Jun 1910, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 9767 (syntypes: P [P00312456], P [P00133487]). Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: environs de Tuléar, Aug 1919, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 12804 (syntype: P [P00312454]). Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Lac Manampetsa [Tsimanampetsotsa], Apr 1933, H. Perrier de la Bâthie 19047 (syntype: P [P00312453]).

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: St. Augustin , 1837, L. Bouton s.n. (holotype: K [K001040358]!) .

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; southern Madagascar (Toliara).