Abstract
Jatropha Linnaeus (1753: 1006) belongs to subfamily Crotonoideae (Euphorbiaceae) and has ca. 180 species distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world (Dehgan 2012; Webster 2014). The genus is found throughout the Neotropical region, with Mexico (50 spp.) and Brazil (23 spp.) as its centers of diversity (Christensen et al. 2019).
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<p>Neves, E.L., Funch, L.S. & Viana, B.F. (2010) Comportamento fenológico de três espécies de Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae) da Caatinga, semi-árido do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Botânica 33: 155–166. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-84042010000100014</p>
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