Croton ambovombensis Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts, Kew Bull. 52: 186. 1997

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 : 12

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scientific name	Croton ambovombensis Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts, Kew Bull. 52: 186. 1997
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6. Croton ambovombensis Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts, Kew Bull. 52: 186. 1997

Croton divaricatus Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 5, 7(1): 59. 1939, as ' divaricata ', nom. illeg. non Croton divaricatus Sw., 1788.

Type.

Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Androy Region, Ambovombe , 19 Dec 1924, R. Decary 3174 (lectotype, designated by Radcliffe-Smith 2016, pg. 191: P [P00133060]!; isolectotype: TAN [TAN000529]!) . Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Androy Region, environs d’Ambovombe ( extrème sud), 9 Sep 1928, H. Humbert & C.F. Swingle 5631 (syntypes: G [G00446382]!, P [P00133062]!; Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Andrahomana, 21 Jun 1926, R. Decary 4017 (syntype: P [P00133061]!).

Habit and distribution.

Shrubs; southern lowland Madagascar (Toliara).