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.
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57.
Croton fothergillifolius Baill., Adansonia 1: 150. 1861, as
'fothergillifolium'
Oxydectes fothergillifolia
(Baill.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611. 1891. Type. Based on
Croton fothergillifolius
Baill.
Type
.
Mauritius
. sin. loc.,
L.M.A. Du Petit-Thouars
s.n.
(
lectotype
, designated here: P [P00404184]!; isolectotype: P [P00404183]!)
.
Habit and distribution.
Shrubs; Mauritius.
Notes.
Bojer (1837)
listed a plant from the Grand Bassin of Mauritius as
Croton muricatus
Vahl, a native Malagasy species. Based on this, the name "
C. muricatus
Bojer, nom. nud." has been included in several indices, including IPNI, Tropicos, and
Govaerts et al. (2000)
. In the same manner as
Leandri (1939)
, we interpret
Bojer (1837)
as a misidentification of what
Baillon (1861)
later described as
C. fothergillifolius
, rather than the publication of a nomen nudum.