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 4. Croton aleuritoides P.E.Berry, Candollea 71: 182. 2016 [17 Jun 2016] Croton bemaranus var. pseudolepidotus Radcl.-Sm., Gen. Croton Madag. Comoro 209. 2016 [23 Dec 2016], as ' bemarana ', syn. nov. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Antsiranana: Diana Region, Montagne des Francais , a l'Est de Diego Suarez, 26 Nov 1958, Service Forestier 20088 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00312410]!; isolectotypes: B, G [G00341674]!, K [K001040349]!, MO!, P [P00206489]!, S!, TEF!, WAG). Type . Madagascar . Prov. Antsiranana : Diana Region , Montagne des Francais , a l'Est de Diego-Suarez , 26 Nov 1958 , Service Forestier 20088 ( holotype : P [P00312410]!; isotypes: B, G [G00341674]!, K [K001040349]!, MO!, P [P00206489]!, S!, TEF!, WAG) . Habit and distribution. Trees; known only from Montagne des Francais in northernmost Madagascar (Antsiranana).