Dos nuevas especies de Croton (Euphorbiaceae) en el Neotrópico

Two new species of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) restricted to Costa Rica are described and illus- trated in this paper: Croton corinthius from the lowlands of the Caribbean slope and Croton megistocarpus from the midlands of both slopes of the main ridges. The first is distinguished for the presence of...

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Autores: González Ramírez, José, Poveda Álvarez, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/22989
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/22989
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Euphorbiaceae
Croton corinthius
Croton megistocarpus
Costa Rica.
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Sumario:Two new species of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) restricted to Costa Rica are described and illus- trated in this paper: Croton corinthius from the lowlands of the Caribbean slope and Croton megistocarpus from the midlands of both slopes of the main ridges. The first is distinguished for the presence of stalked glands near the vein axils of the leaves. The second is compared to C. pachypodus Webster, from Panama and Colombia.