Leucocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861.[2][1] The entire genus is endemic to Cuba.[3] It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Garciadelia and Lasiocroton. Species in this alliance are dioecious.[4]
| Leucocroton | |
|---|---|
| |
| Leucocroton havanensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Adelieae |
| Genus: | Leucocroton Griseb. |
| Type species | |
| Leucocroton wrightii[1] | |
- Species[3]
- Leucocroton acunae
- Leucocroton anomalus
- Leucocroton bracteosus
- Leucocroton brittonii
- Leucocroton comosus - Sierra de Nipe
- Leucocroton cordifolius
- Leucocroton discolor - Sierra de Nipe
- Leucocroton ekmanii - Sierra Sagua Baracoa
- Leucocroton flavicans
- Leucocroton havanensis
- Leucocroton incrustatus
- Leucocroton linearifolius - Sierra de Moa
- Leucocroton longibracteatus
- Leucocroton moaensis
- Leucocroton moncadae
- Leucocroton obovatus - Sierra del Cristal
- Leucocroton pachyphylloides
- Leucocroton pachyphyllus - Sierra de Moa
- Leucocroton pallidus
- Leucocroton revolutus
- Leucocroton sameki
- Leucocroton saxicola - Sierra de Nipe
- Leucocroton stenophyllus - Sierra de Nipe
- Leucocroton subpeltatus
- Leucocroton virens
- Leucocroton wrightii
- formerly included
moved to other genera (Garciadelia and Lasiocroton)
- Leucocroton leprosus - Garciadelia leprosa
- Leucocroton microphyllus - Lasiocroton microphyllus
References edit
- ^ a b Tropicos
- ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 9: 20-21 in Latin
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jestrow, Brett; Gutiérrez Amaro, Jorge; Francisco-Ortega, Javier (2012). "Islands within islands: A molecular phylogenetic study of the Leucocroton alliance (Euphorbiaceae) across the Caribbean Islands and within the serpentinite archipelago of Cuba". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (3): 452–464. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02607.x.
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