| Brasiliocroton | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Crotoneae |
| Genus: | Brasiliocroton P.E.Berry & Cordeiro |
| Species: | B. mamoninha |
| Binomial name | |
| Brasiliocroton mamoninha P.E.Berry & Cordeiro | |
Brasiliocroton is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant was first described in 2005 from lowland forests in eastern and northeastern Brazil, whence its name.
There are two species in the genus: Brasiliocroton mamoninha and Brasiliocroton muricatus, which can be distinguished by the flowers, fruit, pollen, among others.
References
- Paul E. Berry; Inês Cordeiro; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft; Maria Amélia Vitorino-Cruz; Letícia Ribes de Lima (2005). "Brasiliocroton, a New Crotonoid Genus of Euphorbiaceae s.s. from Eastern Brazil". Systematic Botany. 30 (2): 357–365. doi:10.1600/0363644054223585.
- Riina, Ricarda; Carneiro-Torres, Daniela S.; Peirson, Jess A.; Berry, Paul E.; Cordeiro, Inês (2014-03-01). "Further Support for the Crotoneae Phylogeny: A New Species of Brasiliocroton (Euphorbiaceae) Based on Morphological, Geographical, and Molecular Evidence". Systematic Botany (1): 227–234. doi:10.1600/036364414x678170. hdl:10261/169150. ISSN 0363-6445. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- Souza, Lidian Ribeiro de; Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos; Carneiro-Torres, Daniela Santos (2019-09-12). "Pollen morphology and exine ultrastructure of Brasiliocroton P.E. Berry & Cordeiro (Euphorbiaceae)". Acta Botanica Brasilica: 584–591. doi:10.1590/0102-33062019abb0183. ISSN 0102-3306. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Brasiliocroton | |
| Brasiliocroton mamoninha | |
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