Acidocroton

Acidocroton
Spiny stipules on Acidocroton verrucosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Acidocroton
Griseb. 1859, conserved name[1]
Type species
Acidocroton adelioides

Acidocroton is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described with this name in 1859.[3][4] It is native to Colombia and the Greater Antilles.[2][5]

Etymologically, the name Acidocroton means "sour croton".

Species[2]
  1. Acidocroton acunae - Cuba
  2. Acidocroton adelioides - Cuba
  3. Acidocroton ekmanii - E Cuba
  4. Acidocroton gentryi - Cundinamarca
  5. Acidocroton horridus - Haiti
  6. Acidocroton litoralis - Haiti
  7. Acidocroton lobulatus - SE Cuba
  8. Acidocroton montanus - Hispaniola
  9. Acidocroton oligostemon - C + E Cuba
  10. Acidocroton trichophyllus - Cuba
  11. Acidocroton verrucosus - Jamaica
formerly included

moved to Ophellantha

  1. Acidocroton spinosus - Ophellantha spinosa
  2. Acidocroton steyermarkii - Ophellantha steyermarkii
  1. ^ van Ee, B. W. 2010. (1941-1942) Proposals to conserve the names Acidocroton and A. adelioides (Euphorbiaceae) with conserved types. Taxon 59(3):9890
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 42 short description in Latin, longer description and commentary in English
  4. ^ Tropicos, Acidocroton Griseb.
  5. ^ Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.