A Nomenclator of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, and the Mascarene Islands Author Berry, Paul E. Herbarium, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, U. S. A. peberry@umich.edu Author Kainulainen, Kent Herbarium, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, U. S. A. Author Ee, Benjamin W. van Department of Biology, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagueez, Mayagueez, PR 00680, Puerto Rico, U. S. A. text PhytoKeys 2017 2017-11-15 90 1 87 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.90.20586 1314-2003-90-1 80067D29FFFB7D34FF80E95D553F4254 1138341 31. Croton bracteatus Lam., Encycl. 2: 208. 1786, as 'bracteatum' Andrichnia bracteata (Lam.) Baill., Etude . Euphorb. 362. 1858. Type. Based on Croton bracteatus Lam. Oxydectes bracteata ( Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611. 1891. Type. Based on Croton bracteatus Lam. Croton ivohibensis var. puncticulatus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 150. 2016, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Fianarantsoa: Farafangana, Reserve speciale de Manombo, 23°03'42"S , 47°44'26"E , 30 m, 25 Aug 1995, P. Rakotomalaza et al. 452 (holotype: K!; isotype: MO!). Type . Madagascar . sin. loc., s.d., P. Commerson s.n. ( holotype : P-LA [P00382050]!; isotypes: G-DC [G00311196]!, G [G00446380]!, MPU [MPU014765]!, MPU [MPU014766]!, P [P00312457]!; probable isotype: P-JU (P00131377]!). Habit and distribution. Shrubs or small trees; eastern coastal Madagascar (southern Fianarantsoa). Notes. The collection locality of the type of Croton bracteatus is uncertain. Although most of Commerson's collections from Madagascar came from the Fort Dauphin area in Toliara Province, the type of C. bracteatus matches well specimens from the Manombo Reserve south of Farafangana in Fianarantsoa Province.