Croton nervosus Klotzsch

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Croton nervosus Klotzsch

  • Type

    Type. Essequibo River, British Guiana, Rich. Schomburgk 802, Rob. Schomburgk 44.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. In addition to the type locality, also known from Vichada, Venezuela.BRITISH GUIANA. Kuyaliwak Falls, lat. 4° 53', Essequibo River, British Guiana, 1 Oct 1937, Smith 2155 ([male][female] fl. NY). VENEZUELA. Locally common on sandy beaches of the Rio Vichada, 6 k m W of San Jose de Ocune, Amazonas, 23 Jan 1944, Hermann 11085 ([male][female] fl. NY) .

  • Discussion

    The leaves of the Venezuelan specimen are silvery lepidote below and verrucose above, with the diameter of the lepides not exceeding 0.2 mm . The Essequibo specimen has a very different indumentum, and the stellate hairs being more than 0.4-0.5 mm in diameter.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. In addition to the type locality, also known from Vichada, Venezuela.

    Guyana South America| Venezuela South America|