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 55. Croton ferricretus Kainul., B.W.van Ee & P.E.Berry, Candollea 71: 337. 2016 [23 Nov 2016] Croton lepidotoides Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 71. 2016 [23 Dec 2016], syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: ca. 15 air-km NE of Moramanga, ca. 11 km E of Antanambao, Ambatovy, 18°51'08"S , 48°18'40"E , 30 Jan 1997, P. Rakotomalaza et al. 1024 (holotype: K!; isotype: MO!). Type . Madagascar . Prov. Toamasina : Alaotra-Mangoro Region , Moramanga district , Andasibe , Berano , Ambatovy mine concession, on "cuirasse" between the workers houses and the Ambatovy supply road, 18°51'02"S , 48°18'29"E , 1142 m , 21 Mar 2016 , B. van Ee , P. Antilahimena , K. Kainulainen & P.E. Berry 2436 ( holotype MICH [MICH1513194]!; isotypes: G!, K!, MAPR!, MO!, P!, TAN!) . Habit and distribution. Shrubs; eastern Madagascar (Moramanga District of Toamasina Province).