Acidocroton

Acidocroton
Spiny stipules on Acidocroton verrucosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Codiaeae
Genus:	Acidocroton Griseb. 1859, conserved name [1]
Type species
Acidocroton adelioides Griseb.

Acidocroton is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described with this name in 1859. ^{[2] [3]} It is native to Colombia, Mexico and the Greater Antilles. ^{[4] [5]}

Taxonomy

Etymologically, the name Acidocroton means "sour croton".

Species

The following species are recorded: ^[4]

1. Acidocroton acunae - Cuba
2. Acidocroton adelioides - Cuba
3. Acidocroton ekmanii - E Cuba
4. Acidocroton gentryi - Colombia (Cundinamarca)
5. Acidocroton horridus - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
6. Acidocroton litoralis - Haiti
7. Acidocroton lobulatus - SE Cuba
8. Acidocroton madrigalensis - Mexico (Tabasco)
9. Acidocroton montanus - Hispaniola
10. Acidocroton oligostemon - C + E Cuba
11. Acidocroton trichophyllus - Cuba
12. Acidocroton verrucosus - Jamaica

formerly included

moved to Ophellantha

1. Acidocroton spinosus - Ophellantha spinosa
2. Acidocroton steyermarkii - Ophellantha steyermarkii

References

1. van Ee, B. W. 2010. (1941-1942) Proposals to conserve the names Acidocroton and A. adelioides (Euphorbiaceae) with conserved types. Taxon 59(3):9890
2. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 42 short description in Latin, longer description and commentary in English
3. Tropicos, Acidocroton Griseb.
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.