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Paracroton
Sign in to saveParacroton is a genus of flowering plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, as well as New Guinea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
General: placed in Paracroton due to the stellate indumentum
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- GH, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Sri Lanka
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Paracroton is a genus of flowering plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, as well as New Guinea. Species Paracroton integrifolius (Airy Shaw) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. - Kerala, Tamil Nadu Paracroton pendulus (Hassk.) Miq. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines Paracroton sterrhopodus (Airy Shaw) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W New Guinea Paracroton zeylanicus (Müll.Arg.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. - Sri Lanka
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paracroton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.