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 7. Croton androiensis (Leandri) Leandri, Adansonia, n.s., 9: 507. 1970 Croton geayi var. androiensis Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, ser . 5, 7(1): 35. 1939. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Androy/Anosy Regions, Bevilany, limite entre l'Anosy et l'Androy , 14 Nov 1932, R. Decary 10940 (lectotype, designated here): P [P00123697]!; isolectotypes: G, K [K001044841]!, TAN [TAN000533]!). Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Androy Region, Ambovombe, 6 Jan 1931, R. Decary 8361 (syntypes: P [P00123696]!), TAN [TAN000532]!). Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Kotoala, sables et dunes littorales, 21 Jan 1931, R. Decary 8408 (syntypes: K [K001040395]!, MO [sheet #04861163]!, P [P00404477]!, P [P00123698]!). Type . Based on Croton geayi var. androiensis Leandri Habit and distribution. Shrubs; southern Madagascar (Toliara). Notes. Radcliffe-Smith (2016) mentioned Decary 10940 as the lectotype for Croton geayi var. androiensis , but this is not validly published as he failed to state "designated here" or an equivalent phrase.