Leucocroton

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Leucocroton
Leucocroton havanensis Borhidi.jpg
Leucocroton havanensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Adelieae
Genus: Leucocroton
Griseb.
Type species
Leucocroton wrightii [1]

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] It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Garciadelia and Lasiocroton . Species in this alliance are dioecious. [4]

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

moved to other genera (Garciadelia and 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
  4. ↑ Jestrow, Brett; Gutiérrez Amaro, Jorge; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2012). "Islands within islands: A molecular phylogenetic study of the Leucocroton alliance (Euphorbiaceae) across the Caribbean Islands and within the serpentinite archipelago of Cuba". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (3): 452–464. Bibcode:2012JBiog..39..452J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02607.x.
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