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Genus of flowering plants

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
Griseb.

Leucocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861. The entire genus is endemic to Cuba. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Garciadelia and Lasiocroton. Species in this alliance are dioecious.

Species
  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

References

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 9: 20-21 in Latin
  3. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Leucocroton
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