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18 April 2018 Four New Species of Dragon's Blood Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from South America
Ana Carla Feio, Malu I. Ore-Rengifo, Paul E. Berry, Ricarda Riina
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Abstract

We describe and illustrate four new species of dragon's blood trees (Croton sect. Cyclostigma) from western South America. Three of the species, Croton beckii from Bolivia and Peru, C. camposii fromPeru, and C. santamartensis fromColombia, grow inmontane Andean forest,whereas C. tumbesinus occurs in dry forest of the Tumbes/Piura ecoregion of western Ecuador and Peru. The characters that place them in Croton sect. Cyclostigma include the arborescent habit, the presence of reddish to yellowish latex, an indument of stellate trichomes, conspicuous and persistent stipules, acropetiolar/basilaminar nectary glands, and terminal inflorescences with bisexual cymules at the base. These new species give additional support for the Andean region being the main center of diversity of this Neotropical Croton clade, as well as being a region whose biodiversity knowledge is still incomplete.

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Ana Carla Feio, Malu I. Ore-Rengifo, Paul E. Berry, and Ricarda Riina "Four New Species of Dragon's Blood Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from South America," Systematic Botany 43(1), 212-220, (18 April 2018). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418X697111
Published: 18 April 2018
KEYWORDS
Andes
Crotoneae
diversity
dry forest
Montane forest
Neotropics
taxonomy
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