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Croton is an extensive 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 .
Croton glandulosus is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae that has many common names such as vente conmigo, tooth-leaved croton, tropic croton and sand croton. [2] The species's specific epithet, glandulosus , is due to the gland-like structures that appear at the end of the leaf stalk.
Croton echinocarpus Baill. is a synonym of Croton grandivelum Baill. [4] Croton oblongifolius Sieber ex Spreng. is a synonym for Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) A.Juss. [5] Croton setigerus is no longer accepted; Croton torreyanus Müll.Arg. (Torrey's croton) is now a synonym of Croton incanus Kunth [6] Croton variegatum is no longer accepted
Chrozophora tinctoria (commonly known as dyer's croton, [2] giradol, [2] turnsole [2] or dyer's litmus plant [3]) is a plant species native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
Croton californicus is a species of croton known by the common name California croton. This plant is native to California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Baja California, where it grows in the deserts and along the coastline. This plant is a perennial or small shrub not exceeding a meter in height.
Croton alabamensis var. alabamensis, or Alabama croton, is the nominate subspecies and is only found in two central Alabama counties (Black Warrior River, Tuscaloosa County and Cahaba River, Bibb County). A herbarium specimen was supposedly collected in Coffee County in Tennessee, but the veracity of this collection location is dubious. [6]
Excoecaria cochinchinensis (Chinese croton, blindness tree, buta buta, jungle fire plant) is a species of plant in the genus Excoecaria, which is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia and China. It is a subtropical evergreen shrub with a woody stem, growing up to 1–2 meters (3.3–6.6 ft) high.
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