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 tiglium L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1004. 1753 Kurkas tiglium (L.) Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 62. 1838. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L. Tiglium officinale Klotzsch, Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19 (Suppl. 1): 418. 1843. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L. Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston in H. Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 64 (Suppl.): 264. 1931, nom. superfl. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L. Oxydectes tiglium (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 614. 1891. Type. Based on Croton tiglium L. Type . Sri Lanka . ( lectotype , first-step designated by Chakrabarty and Balakrishnan 1997 , pg. 72, second-step designated by Philcox 1997 , pg. 94: Herb. Hermann 2: 6, No. 343; left-hand specimen BM-SL [BM 000621512!]). Notes. There is an early collection of this species from Madagascar, namely Boivin s.n. (G), from the cote orientale de Madagascar, 1846-1852, but it has not been recorded since.