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 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.