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Issue: Vol. 49 No. 1 (2012)
Type: Article
Published: 2012-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.49.1.1
Page range: 1–5
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 1

Croton campinarensis (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from eastern Amazonian Brazil

Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica, Herbário, Av. Magalhães Barata, 376, 66040-170, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Coordenação de Botânica, Herbário, Av. Magalhães Barata, 376, 66040-170, Belém, Pará, Brazil
University of Michigan Herbarium and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, USA
Eudicots Amazonian Brazil Croton sect. Geiseleria white sand campina

Abstract

A new species of Euphorbiaceae from eastern Amazonian Brazil, Croton campinarensis, is described and illustrated here. It belongs to Croton section Geiseleria and shares some features with C. strobiliformis, another Amazonian species of white sand habitats.