Sclerocroton
Sclerocroton integerrimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Sclerocroton
Hochst.

Sclerocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845.[1][2] There a total of 6 known species in this genus; 5 species in continental Africa and a single species in Madagascar.[3][4][5]

Species[4]
  1. Sclerocroton carterianus (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
  2. Sclerocroton cornutus (Pax) Kruijt & Roebers - C + SC Africa from Cameroon to Zimbabwe plus Ivory Coast
  3. Sclerocroton integerrimus Hochst. - C + S Africa from Zaire to KawZulu-Natal, plus Guinea
  4. Sclerocroton melanostictus (Baill.) Kruijt & Roebers - Madagascar
  5. Sclerocroton oblongifolius (Müll.Arg.) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  6. Sclerocroton schmitzii (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Formerly included

moved to Shirakiopsis

  • Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica

References

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  1. ↑ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1845. Flora 28: 85 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Sclerocroton Hochst.
  3. ↑ Schmelzer, H. G. and Gurib-Fakim, A. (2008). Medicinal Plants. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (Program). ISBN 90-5782-204-0
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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