Euphorbiaceae
Croton

Croton alienus Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 80 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 48 (1921).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 51 (1936).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 189 (1961).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 764 (1912).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 43: 80 (1909).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 20, 1983 Stuhlmann [938] Kenya K000237588 Type No
Aug 18, 1983 Balbo, P.G. [561] Kenya K000237594 Type No
Aug 18, 1983 Balbo, P.G. [578] Kenya K000237593 Type No
Battiscombe, E. [17] Kenya K000237587 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [22807] Kenya K000237580 Yes
Napier, E.R. [5944] Kenya K000237592 Yes
Turner, A.; Bally, P.R.O. [B7671] Kenya K000237590 Yes
Beentje, H.J. [3862] Kenya K000237583 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [2379] Kenya K000237581 Yes
Thomas, B.C. [28222] Kenya K000237589 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2435] Kenya K000237591 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [2144] Kenya K000237582 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1755] Kenya K000237586 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [449] Kenya K000237585 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [449] Kenya K000237584 Yes
Adam, W. [1005] Kenya K000237596 Yes
Armstrong, K.; Bally, P.R.O. [B1418] Kenya K000237595 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [2126] Kenya K000237579 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0