Croton tiglium L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1004. 1753

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 : 71

Croton tiglium L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1004. 1753

Kurkas tiglium (L.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 62. 1838. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L.

Tiglium officinale Klotzsch, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1): 418. 1843. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L.

Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston in H. Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 64 (Suppl.): 264. 1931, nom. superfl. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L.

Oxydectes tiglium (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 614. 1891. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L.

Type.

Sri Lanka. (lectotype, first-step designated by Chakrabarty and Balakrishnan 1997, pg. 72, second-step designated by Philcox 1997, pg. 94: Herb. Hermann 2: 6, No. 343; left-hand specimen BM-SL [BM 000621512!]).

Notes.

There is an early collection of this species from Madagascar, namely Boivin s.n. (G), from the côte orientale de Madagascar, 1846-1852, but it has not been recorded since.