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Lasiocroton
Sign in to saveLasiocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Leucocroton and Garciadelia. Species in this alliance are dioecious.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- MO, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Caribbean
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Lasiocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Leucocroton and Garciadelia. Species in this alliance are dioecious. Species Lasiocroton bahamensis Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti Lasiocroton fawcettii Urb. - Jamaica Lasiocroton gracilis Britton & P.Wilson - SE Cuba Lasiocroton gutierrezii Jestrow - Cuba Lasiocroton harrisii Britton - Jamaica Lasiocroton macrophyllus (Sw.) Griseb. - Jamaica Lasiocroton microphyllus (A.Rich.) Jestrow - Cuba formerly included moved to other genera (Bernardia Croton Leucocroton) Lasiocroton cordifolius Britton & P.Wilson - Leucocroton cordifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain Lasiocroton prunifolius Griseb. - Croton punctatus Jacq. Lasiocroton subpeltatus Urb. - Leucocroton subpeltatus (Urb.) Alain Lasiocroton trelawniensis C.D.Adams - Bernardia trelawniensis (C.D.Adams) Jestrow & Proctor
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lasiocroton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.