Rediscovery of two species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from littoral habitats of eastern Madagascar Kainulainen, Kent Berry, Paul E. Ee, Benjamin van Candollea 2017 2017-02-22 72 1 35 44 8VWKB L. [1049,1134,1447,1471] Magnoliopsida Euphorbiaceae Croton Plantae Malpighiales 1 36 Tracheophyta genus    1. Abaxial surface of leaves densely covered with lepidote trichomes ....................................................................... 2  1a. Abaxial surface of leaves glabrous or sparsely covered with stellate, lepidote, or stellate-lepidote trichomes.............. 3   2. Young stems lepidote; petiolar glands sessile; inflorescences elongate...........................................  C. trichotomus  2a. Young stems velvety; petiolar glands stipitate; inflorescences congested ............................................  C. noronhae   3. Inflorescences elongate, spike- or raceme-like; largest leaf blades 5-16 cmlong ....................................................... 4  3a. Inflorescences glomerate; largest leaf blades less than 5 cmlong ................................................................................ 5   4. Inflorescences 1-4(-7.5) cm long, divergent; petioles 4-40(-60) mm long; leaves drying ± glossy; ovary and fruit stellate-pubescent..........................................  C. chapelieri  4a. Inflorescences 5-15 cmlong, erect; petioles 2-15 mmlong; leaves drying matte; ovary and fruit glabrous ................... ............................................................  C. vatomandrensis   5. Leaf blades sparsely lepidote, margins entire; petioles less than 5 mmlong...............................................  C. anisatus  5a. Leaf blades sparsely stellate, margins toothed; petioles 5-10 mmlong .............................................  C. cassinoides