Croton vestitus Sprengel (1826: 875)

Medeiros, Débora, Valle, Luci De Senna, Esser, Hans-Joachim & Alves, Ruy José Válka, 2016, Floristic and taxonomic treatment of Croton subsect. Medea (Euphorbiaceae) from Brazilian campos rupestres, Phytotaxa 263 (3), pp. 167-201 : 196-198

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.263.3.1

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scientific name

Croton vestitus Sprengel (1826: 875)
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11. Croton vestitus Sprengel (1826: 875) View in CoL .— Croton trichophorus Müller Argoviensis (1865: 132) ; nom. illeg. superfl. Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Serra do Caraça, without date (fl, fr), F. Sellow B 2110, c 2072. (holotype B 10 0088609!; isotypes A 00277236!, BR 13319236!, P 00634770!). ( Fig. 21 View FIGURE 21 , A–I)

Croton matronalis Baillon (1864: 308) View in CoL . Type:─ BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: no locality, without date (fl), A. Saint-Hilaire s.n. (holotype P 04831370!).

Subshrubs, 0.4−1 m tall, trichomes stellate. Leaves concentrated at the branch apices, imbricate, subsessil with the 1−2 mm long; leaf blade acute-lanceolate, 1.5−4.2 × 0.2−0.6 cm, base acute, symmetric, margin laciniate-glandulose, convolute, apex rounded-obtuse, trichomes stellate, dense on both surfaces, palminerved; stipules lanceolate, 1.7−2 mm long, laciniate-glandulose, trichomes stellate on both faces, caducous. Inflorescences with 2−10 flowers, 1.5−3 cm long, with a naked sterile zone between the basal pistillate flowers and the apical staminate ones; bracts linear-lanceolate, laciniate-glandulose, 3 mm long on the staminate flowers, 6 mm long on the pistillate ones, trichomes stellate on the adaxial face, glabrous on the abaxial face. Staminate flowers 10−15 per inflorescence, pedicel 0.2 mm long; sepals 5, lanceolate, 2 × 1 mm, margin entire, trichomes stellate on the adaxial face, glabrous on the abaxial one; petals 5, obovate, 1 × 0.5 mm, margin entire, ciliate; stamens 10−14, filaments 1 mm long, villous at the base, anthers ovoid, 0.7 mm long, glabrous. Pistillate flowers 2 per inflorescence, sessile; sepals 5, triangular-lanceolate 6 × 2 mm, margin stipitate-glandulose, trichomes stellate on the adaxial face; petals 5, diminutive, glanduliform, sessile, 0.2 mm long; ovary ovoid, 3 × 2.5 mm, trichomes stellate; styles multifid, 2−4 times branched at the base, 1.5−2 mm long, trichomes stellate. Capsules globose, 4.8 × 4.7 mm, trichomes stellate brownish; seeds ellipsoid, 3−4 × 2 mm.

Distribution: — Minas Gerais State, Catas Altas, Serra do Caraça, 2072 m elevation, Serra do Ouro Branco, 1568 m elevation, Ouro Branco; and Serra de São José, 1430 m elevation, Tiradentes, and Serra do Lenheiro, São João del Rei ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 ).

Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Catas Altas, Serra do Caraça, March 1892 (fl), E. Ule s.n. (R 26055); Serra do Caraça, March 1892 (fl), E. Ule 2689 (R); Itabira do Campo, no date (fl), L. Damazio s.n. (OUPR 6151); Ouro Branco, Serra de Ouro Branco, 29 July 1988 (fl), M.M.N. Braga et al. s.n. (BHCB 13589); 02 October 1988 (fl), G.A. Ferrreira s.n. (BHCB 13819); São João del Rei, Serra do Lenheiro, December 1895 (fl), M. Magalhães s.n. (OUPR 6129); Tiradentes, Serra de São José, 28 December 1895 (fl), C.A.W. Schwacke s.n. (RB 12098); Serra de São José, May 1987 (fl), A. Silveira s.n. (R 158213); Serra de São José, Projeto Vegetação de Campos Rupestres, September 1989 (fl, fr), R.J.V. Alves & J. Kolbek s.n. (RB 287263); Serra de São José, 06 July 1991 (fl), J.R. Stehmann s.n. (BHCB 21364); Serra de São José, 21 o 05’11”S, 44 o 09’91”W, 16 January 1994 (fl), R.M. Harley et al. s.n. (SPF 92870); Serra de São José, 1997 (fl), A.E. Brina s.n. (BHCB 39413); Serra de São José, Cachoeira do Mangue, Projeto Vegetação de Campos Rupestres, 21º07’S, 44º12’W, no date (fl), R.J.V. Alves s.n. (RB 287262); Serra de São José, borda da trilha para Cachoeira do Mangue, 13 November 2001 (fl), R.J.V. Alves 6937 & D. Medeiros 02 (R); Serra de São José, topo da formação principal da Serra, extremidade oeste, 27 March 2001 (fl, fr), D. Medeiros 12 (R); D. Medeiros 13 (R); Serra de São José, alto da Calçada da Serra, 27 March 2001 (fl, fr), D. Medeiros 35 (R); D. Medeiros 38 (R); D. Medeiros 39 (R); D. Medeiros 40 (R); D. Medeiros 41 (R); Serra de São José, topo da Calçada da Serra, logo após o término do calçamento da trilha, June 2001 (fl), D. Medeiros 72 (R); D. Medeiros 73 (R); D. Medeiros 74 (R); D. Medeiros 75 (R); D. Medeiros 76 (R); D. Medeiros 77 (R); D. Medeiros 78 (R); Serra de São José, Calçada da Serra, 31 August 2001 (fl), D. Medeiros 107 (R); D. Medeiros 109 (R); Serra de São José, topo da Calçada da Serra, 24 October 2001 (fl, fr), D. Medeiros 139 (R); Serra de São José, Cachoeira do Mangue, 25 October 2001 (fl), D. Medeiros 158 (R); D. Medeiros 160 (R); Serra de São José, Calçada da Serra, 21 November 2001 (fl, fr), D. Medeiros 168 (R).

Taxonomic notes: —Although C. trichophorus was seemingly described as a new species, the type in B, which is still extant, shows that Müller Argoviensis just re-named C. vestitus of Sprengel.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Loc

Croton vestitus Sprengel (1826: 875)

Medeiros, Débora, Valle, Luci De Senna, Esser, Hans-Joachim & Alves, Ruy José Válka 2016
2016
Loc

Croton matronalis

Baillon, H. E. 1864: )
1864
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