Euphorbiaceae
Croton

Croton pseudopulchellus Pax

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 371 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burkina, Caprivi Strip, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • 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.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 195–196, t. 37, 8.
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 755

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Curtis, B. & Mannheimer, C. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia: 1-688. The National Botanical Research Institute, Windhoek.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 47 (1921).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 51 (1936).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 192 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 196 (1962).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 757 (1912).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 204 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 394 (1958).
  • Pax in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34: 371 (1904).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 11, 1967 Jackson, J.A.D. [17725] Nigeria K000385847 Yes
Jun 1, 1954 Thornewill, A.S. [15] Nigeria K000385846 Yes
Jun 16, 1937 Gossweiler, J. [10887] Angola K001307803 Yes
Davies, R.M. [2055] Zimbabwe K000317978 Yes
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [FM1751] Angola K001635407 Yes
Maiato, F.; Rafael, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1480] Angola K001635427 Yes
Rushworth, J.E. [1311] Zimbabwe K000317980 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [961] Burkina Faso K000385843 Yes
Hall, J.B.; Lack [46252] Ghana K000385845 Yes
Turton, L.; Makombi, M. [s.n.] Botswana K000317977 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2256] Angola K001307804 Yes
Roberty, G. [17108] Mali K000385841 Yes
Yapping, J. [24/60] Zimbabwe K000317979 Yes
Hall, J.B.; Lack [46252] Ghana K000385844 Yes
Tweedie, M. [3187] Kenya K:SPC-41686.000 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [961] Burkina Faso K000385842 Yes
Jaeger, P. [3675] Mali K000385773 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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/

  • 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