Brasiliocroton is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. The sole species is Brasiliocroton mamoninha. The plant was first described in 2005 from lowland forests in eastern and northeastern Brazil, whence its name.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Crotoneae |
| Genus: | Brasiliocroton P.E.Berry & Cordeiro |
| Species: | B. mamoninha
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| Binomial name | |
| Brasiliocroton mamoninha P.E.Berry & Cordeiro
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References edit
- ^ Paul E. Berry; Inês Cordeiro; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft; Maria Amélia Vitorino-Cruz; Letícia Ribes de Lima (2005). "Brasiliocroton, a New Crotonoid Genus of Euphorbiaceae s.s. from Eastern Brazil". Systematic Botany. 30 (2): 357–365. doi:10.1600/0363644054223585.
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