Leucocroton

Leucocroton
Leucocroton havanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Adelieae
Genus: Leucocroton
Griseb.
Type species
Leucocroton wrightii[1]
Griseb.

Leucocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861.[2][1] The entire genus is endemic to Cuba.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Leucocroton acunae
  2. Leucocroton anomalus
  3. Leucocroton bracteosus
  4. Leucocroton brittonii
  5. Leucocroton comosus - Sierra de Nipe
  6. Leucocroton cordifolius
  7. Leucocroton discolor - Sierra de Nipe
  8. Leucocroton ekmanii - Sierra Sagua Baracoa
  9. Leucocroton flavicans
  10. Leucocroton havanensis
  11. Leucocroton incrustatus
  12. Leucocroton linearifolius - Sierra de Moa
  13. Leucocroton longibracteatus
  14. Leucocroton moaensis
  15. Leucocroton moncadae
  16. Leucocroton obovatus - Sierra del Cristal
  17. Leucocroton pachyphylloides
  18. Leucocroton pachyphyllus - Sierra de Moa
  19. Leucocroton pallidus
  20. Leucocroton revolutus
  21. Leucocroton sameki
  22. Leucocroton saxicola - Sierra de Nipe
  23. Leucocroton stenophyllus - Sierra de Nipe
  24. Leucocroton subpeltatus
  25. Leucocroton virens
  26. Leucocroton wrightii
formerly included

moved to other genera (Garciadelia Lasiocroton )

  1. Leucocroton leprosus - Garciadelia leprosa
  2. Leucocroton microphyllus - Lasiocroton microphyllus

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos
  2. ↑ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 9: 20-21 in Latin
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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