Lasiocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859.[1][2] The genus is endemic to the West Indies.[3][4][5] It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Leucocroton and Garciadelia. Species in this alliance are dioecious.[6]
| Lasiocroton | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Adelieae |
| Genus: | Lasiocroton Griseb. |
- Species[3]
- 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[3]
- 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
References
edit- ^ August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 46
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- ^ Jestrow, Brett; Gutiérrez Amaro, Jorge; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2012). "Islands within islands: A molecular phylogenetic study of the Leucocroton alliance (Euphorbiaceae) across the Caribbean Islands and within the serpentinite archipelago of Cuba". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (3): 452–464. Bibcode:2012JBiog..39..452J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02607.x.
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