Croton campinarensis (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from eastern Amazonian Brazil

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Authors

Ricardo de S. Secco · Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Alessandro Silva do Rosário · Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Paul E. Berry · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Abstract

A new species of Euphorbiaceae from eastern Amazonian Brazil, Croton campinarensis, is described and illustrated here. It belongs to Croton section Geiseleria and shares some features with C. strobiliformis, another Amazonian species of white sand habitats.

Topics & Keywords

Plant Diversity and Evolution Plant and animal studies Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Phytotaxa

Volume 49, Issue 1

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.49.1.1

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