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Issue: Vol. 273 No. 1: 5 September 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.273.1.5
Page range: 51–58
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

Redefinition of Croton macrobothrys (Euphorbiaceae), a tree species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with the description of a new subspecies

Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Campus Diadema, Diadema, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Campus Diadema, Diadema, SP, Brazil.
Programa de Capacitação Institucional, Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Campus de Pesquisa, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, DBV, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil
Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, Madrid 28014, Spain.
Neotropical Flora ‘pau-sangue’ ‘sangue de drago’ systemati­­­cs Eudicots Brazil

Abstract

Croton macrobothrys subsp. septentrionalis, a new subspecies of section Cyclostigma from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is here described and illustrated. It occurs in moist forests between 100–1000 m of elevation in the states of Bahia, Alagoas, and NE Minas Gerais. Given this new finding, we expand the morphological delineation of Croton macrobothrys and update its geographic distribution. We also provide a key to the two subspecies and identify the name C. macrobothrys var. microbothrys as a nomen nudum under Croton echioideus in section Adenophylli.