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 hovarum var. hirsutifructus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 178. 2016 Type . Madagascar . Prov. Toamasina : Valoala Triangulation Point , 17°25'S , 48°15'E , 6 Jan 1945 , A.M. Homolle 2193 ( holotype : P [P00133178]!) . Notes. This is a fruiting specimen with small pistillate sepals and rusty stellate pubescence that is probably not C. hovarum , but it cannot be placed yet in another species.