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 72. Croton incisus Baill., Adansonia 1: 159. 1861, as 'incisum' Oxydectes incisa (Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612. 1891. Type. Based on Croton incisus Baill. Croton incisus var. minor Leandri, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 183. 1948, syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toamasina: Reserve Naturelle de Betampona, pres de Tamatave; 450 m, 19 Feb 1938, H.J. Lam & B. Meeuse 6014 (holotype: P [P00133221]!; isotypes: G [G00446382]!, K!, L, S!). Type . Madagascar . sin. loc., s.d., L.M.A. Du Petit-Thouars s.n. ( holotype : P [P00389622]!) . Habit and distribution. Shrubs; eastern lowland Madagascar (Toamasina). Notes. Some indices, such as Govaerts et al. (2000) , have listed Baillon (1891b) as the publication in which C. incisus was described; however, the correct citation is Baillon (1861) .