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 111. Croton salviformis Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 926. 1891 Croton salviformis var. rufopunctatus Leandri, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, ser . 5, 7(1): 57. 1939, as ' rufopunctata '. Type. Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Atsimo-Andrefana Region, du lac Manampetsa au delta de la Linta ( cote Sud-Ouest), au N d'Itampolo , 1-10 m, 24-28 Aug 1928, H. Humbert & C.W. Swingle 5380 (lectotype, designated here: P [P00133569]!; isolectotype: TAN [TAN000541]!). Madagascar. Prov. Toliara: Atsimo-Andrefana Region, du lac Manampetsa au delta de la Linta, 1-10 m, 17-24 Aug 1928, H. Humbert & C.W. Swingle 5297 (syntypes: G [G00446401]!, K [K001040367]!, P [P00133567]!, P [P00133568]!). Type . Madagascar . Prov. Toliara : Anosy Region , Fort-Dauphin, s.d., G.F. Scott-Elliot 2990 ( holotype : P [P00133566]!, isotype: K [K000422583]!) . Habit and distribution. Shrubs; southern Madagascar (Toliara).