Croton suavis Kunth

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Croton suavis Kunth

  • Type

    Type. "Crescit prope Cumana in siccis (Prov. Novae Andalusiae) Floret Septembri" (B, photo N Y ).

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Besides Venezuela, this shrub of savannas, river banks and flood sands, is reported from British Guiana and the Rio Negro, Brazil. BRAZIL. Muya penima, Rio Negro, Amazonas, 4 Sep 1928, Tate 66, 68 ([male] fl., fr. NY).

  • Discussion

    Müller reported Kunth's original Humboldt specimen to be in Berlin under Willd. fol. 17852. Gleason saw this material in Berlin and identified Tate 66 and 68 by comparison.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Besides Venezuela, this shrub of savannas, river banks and flood sands, is reported from British Guiana and the Rio Negro, Brazil. BRAZIL.

    Venezuela South America| Brazil South America| Guyana South America|