Leucocroton

Leucocroton
Leucocroton havanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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]

Species[3]
  1. Leucocroton acunae
  2. Leucocroton anomalus
  3. Leucocroton bracteosus
  4. Leucocroton brittonii
  5. Leucocroton comosus - Sierra de Nipe
  6. Leucocroton cordifolius
  7. Leucocroton discolor - Sierra de Nipe
  8. Leucocroton ekmanii - Sierra Sagua Baracoa
  9. Leucocroton flavicans
  10. Leucocroton havanensis
  11. Leucocroton incrustatus
  12. Leucocroton linearifolius - Sierra de Moa
  13. Leucocroton longibracteatus
  14. Leucocroton moaensis
  15. Leucocroton moncadae
  16. Leucocroton obovatus - Sierra del Cristal
  17. Leucocroton pachyphylloides
  18. Leucocroton pachyphyllus - Sierra de Moa
  19. Leucocroton pallidus
  20. Leucocroton revolutus
  21. Leucocroton sameki
  22. Leucocroton saxicola - Sierra de Nipe
  23. Leucocroton stenophyllus - Sierra de Nipe
  24. Leucocroton subpeltatus
  25. Leucocroton virens
  26. Leucocroton wrightii
formerly included

moved to other genera (Garciadelia and Lasiocroton)

  1. Leucocroton leprosus - Garciadelia leprosa
  2. Leucocroton microphyllus - Lasiocroton microphyllus
  1. ^ a b Tropicos
  2. ^ Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 9: 20-21 in Latin
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ 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. Bibcode:2012JBiog..39..452J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02607.x.