Croton bemaranus var. parvistipulatus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 209. 2016

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 : 63

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586

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scientific name

Croton bemaranus var. parvistipulatus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 209. 2016
status

 

Croton bemaranus var. parvistipulatus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 209. 2016

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: 45 km N of Tulear on Morombe road E of junction to Manombo , 23°01'S, 43°36'E, 14 Dec 1988, P.B. Phillipson 2884 (holotype: K!; isotype: MO!) GoogleMaps .

Notes.

Croton bemaranus is restricted to tsingy habitats in Antsiranana and Mahajanga Provinces and has entire leaves and elongate stipules. This variety does not fit the species at all and requires further study to determine its affinities.