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Leucocroton
Sign in to saveLeucocroton 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
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- A, WIS, NHMUK, RSA
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Cuba
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Euphorbiaceae
- Image
- Leucocroton havanensis Borhidi.jpg
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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 formerly included moved to other genera (Garciadelia and Lasiocroton) Leucocroton leprosus - Garciadelia leprosa Leucocroton microphyllus - Lasiocroton microphyllus
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leucocroton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.