Two new South American species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) and their phylogenetic affinities

Authors

  • Ricarda Riina University of Michigan Herbarium and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC
  • Paul E. Berry University of Michigan Herbarium and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2243

Keywords:

Amazon, Andes, Croton abonari, C. chimboracensis, Euphorbiaceae.

Abstract


Two rarely collected species of Croton from South America are des cribed and illustrated. Croton chimboracensis P.E. Berry & Riina is localized in western Andean Ecuador and is sister to Croton sect. Adenophyllum Griseb. Croton abonari Riina & P.E. Berry is known from a single location in Amazonian Brazil; it resembles both C. sampatik Müll. Arg. and members of Croton sect. Cuneati (G.L. Webster) Riina & P.E. Berry, but C. abonari can be easily distinguished from both groups by distinctive morphological characters

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Published

2010-06-30

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Riina, R., & Berry, P. E. (2010). Two new South American species of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) and their phylogenetic affinities. Anales Del Jardín Botánico De Madrid, 67(1), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2243

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