Sclerocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845.[1][2] There a total of 6 known species in this genus; 5 species in continental Africa and a single species in Madagascar.[3][4][5]
| Sclerocroton | |
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| Sclerocroton integerrimus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
| Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
| Genus: | Sclerocroton Hochst. |
- Species[4]
- Sclerocroton carterianus (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
- Sclerocroton cornutus (Pax) Kruijt & Roebers - C + SC Africa from Cameroon to Zimbabwe plus Ivory Coast
- Sclerocroton integerrimus Hochst. - C + S Africa from Zaire to KawZulu-Natal, plus Guinea
- Sclerocroton melanostictus (Baill.) Kruijt & Roebers - Madagascar
- Sclerocroton oblongifolius (Müll.Arg.) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Sclerocroton schmitzii (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Formerly included
moved to Shirakiopsis
- Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica
References
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- ^ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1845. Flora 28: 85 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Sclerocroton Hochst.
- ^ Schmelzer, H. G. and Gurib-Fakim, A. (2008). Medicinal Plants. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (Program). ISBN 90-5782-204-0
- ^ 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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