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 Croton manampetsae var. lepidotus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 27. 2016 Type . Madagascar . Prov. Toliara : environs de Tulear ( Toliara ), 30 km Tulear-Tananarive , Mar 1960 , M. Keraudren 541 ( holotype : P [P00133295]!) . Notes. This variety differ from Croton manampetsae in that the leaves are mostly alternate (vs. opposite) and in the lepidote indumentum on the abaxial side of the leaves (vs. stellate trichomes). It will likely be described as a distinct species.