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Cephalocroton

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Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Native toBotswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
13
With media
16
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Collections
CAS, MO, MNHN, O, BG
Recorded in
Brazil, Madagascar

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taxon
Parent taxon
Euphorbiaceae
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Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal. Use The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant. Species Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia formerly included moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cephalocroton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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