A new species of dragon's blood Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from South America with singular inflorescences

Croton amentiformis, a new species of Euphorbiaceae from western South America, is described and illustrated. Morphological evidence and data from leaf anatomy indicate that the new species belongs to the dragon’s blood group (Croton section Cyclostigma). The dense and congested inflorescence is unu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Riina, Ricarda, Cumbicus, N., Feio, Ana Carla, Cerón, C.E., Meira, R.M.S.A., Berry, Paul E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/169160
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/169160
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Crotoneae
Taxonomy
Peru
Euphorbiaceae
Ecuador
Section Cyclostigma
Croton
Descripción
Sumario:Croton amentiformis, a new species of Euphorbiaceae from western South America, is described and illustrated. Morphological evidence and data from leaf anatomy indicate that the new species belongs to the dragon’s blood group (Croton section Cyclostigma). The dense and congested inflorescence is unusual within the genus. This singular dragon’s blood species is dedicated to the Florence Tropical Herbarium (FT) on the occasion of its 100th Anniversary celebrated in 2014.