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Crotons
Croton
Croton is an extensive flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The plants of this genus were described and introduced to Europeans by Georg Eberhard Rumphius. The common names for this genus are rushfoil and croton, but the latter also refers to Codiaeum variegatum. The generic name comes from the Greek κρότος (krótos), which means "tick" and refers to the shape of the seeds of certain species.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
turkey mullein
speciesCroton setiger
Prairie Tea
speciesCroton monanthogynus
Lindheimer's Doveweed
speciesCroton lindheimeri
California croton
speciesCroton californicus
Tropic Croton
speciesCroton glandulosus
Beach Croton
speciesCroton punctatus
Bush croton
speciesCroton fruticulosus
Bonpland's croton
speciesCroton bonplandianus
woolly croton
speciesCroton capitatus
Michaux's croton
speciesCroton michauxii
Cyclostigma
sectionCyclostigma
Lavender Feverberry
speciesCroton gratissimus
skunkweed
speciesCroton texensis
Leatherweed
speciesCroton pottsii
pineland croton
speciesCroton linearis
Silver Croton
speciesCroton argyranthemus
bush croton
speciesCroton ciliatoglandulifer
grassland croton
speciesCroton dioicus
Threeseed Croton
speciesCroton lindheimerianus
Hairy Croton
speciesCroton hirtus
Croton elegans
speciesCroton elegans
Cortez's Croton
speciesCroton cortesianus
forest fever-berry
speciesCroton sylvaticus
Croton urucurana
speciesCroton urucurana
Yellow Balsam
speciesCroton flavens
chala
speciesCroton scouleri
Croton cascarilloides
speciesCroton cascarilloides
silver croton
speciesCroton insularis
Torrey's Croton
speciesCroton incanus
Pepperbush
speciesCroton humilis
South Texas Woolly Croton
speciesCroton heptalon
Alabama croton
speciesCroton alabamensis
Large fever-berry
speciesCroton megalobotrys
Croton adspersus
speciesCroton adspersus
Green Native Cascarilla
speciesCroton verreauxii
Croton magdalenae
speciesCroton magdalenae
Croton suberosus
speciesCroton suberosus
Croton heliotropiifolius
speciesCroton heliotropiifolius
silver July croton
speciesCroton argenteus
Croton floribundus
speciesCroton floribundus
Croton morifolius
speciesCroton morifolius
Orange-Leaf Croton
speciesCroton dichogamus
Large Green leaved Cascarilla
speciesCroton acronychioides
wiggins' croton
speciesCroton wigginsii
Sonoran croton
speciesCroton sonorae
Croton conduplicatus
speciesCroton conduplicatus
Croton glabellus
speciesCroton glabellus
Wild Cinnamon
speciesCroton nitens
lechecillo
speciesCroton discolor
Lesser Lavender Croton
speciesCroton pseudopulchellus
Mukinduri
speciesCroton megalocarpus
Croton blanchetianus
speciesCroton blanchetianus
Purging croton
speciesCroton tiglium
Croton triqueter
speciesCroton triqueter
Croton lanatus
speciesCroton lanatus
Croton matourensis
speciesCroton matourensis
Croton crassifolius
speciesCroton crassifolius
Croton arboreus
speciesCroton arboreus
Croton trinitatis
speciesCroton trinitatis
Croton astroites
speciesCroton astroites
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Ambonese Herbal, Vol. 3
Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1743 · p.144
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.44
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.10
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.208
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 30)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.109
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 22)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.86
Berthe Hoola van Nooten — Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de Java (1863)
Berthe Hoola van Nooten · 1863 · p.11
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Croton in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53165.