Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.[3][4]
| Cephalocroton | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Epiprineae |
| Subtribe: | Epiprininae |
| Genus: | Cephalocroton Hochst. |
| Type species | |
| Cephalocroton cordofanus | |
- Use
The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.
- Species[3]
- 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 )
- C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans
- C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis
- C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala
- C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis
- C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis
- C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala
- C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis
- C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
- C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica
References
edit- ^ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
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