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This species is accepted, and its native range is Brazil (Pernambuco to Minas Gerais).

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

Croton nummularius Baill. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Blanchet [2560], Bahia K000186121 Unknown type material
Blanchet [2560], Bahia K000186122 Unknown type material

First published in Adansonia 4: 360 (1864)

Accepted by

  • Santos Silva, J., Ferreira de Sales, M. & Carneiro-Torres, D.S. (2009). O Gênero Croton (Euphorbiaceae) na microrregião do Valle do Ipanema, Pernambuco, Brasil Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 60: 879-901.
  • Lima, L.R. & Pirani, J.R. (2003). O Gênero Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) na Cadeia do Espinhaco, Minas Gerais, Brasil Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 21(2): 299-344.
  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Santos Silva, J., Ferreira de Sales, M. & Carneiro-Torres, D.S. (2009). O Gênero Croton (Euphorbiaceae) na microrregião do Valle do Ipanema, Pernambuco, Brasil Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 60: 879-901.
  • Lima, L.R. & Pirani, J.R. (2003). O Gênero Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) na Cadeia do Espinhaco, Minas Gerais, Brasil Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 21(2): 299-344.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0