Leucocroton

Leucocroton
Leucocroton havanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Adelieae
Genus: Leucocroton
Griseb.
Type species
Leucocroton wrightii

Leucocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861. The entire genus is endemic to Cuba. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Garciadelia and Lasiocroton. Species in this alliance are dioecious.

Species
  1. Leucocroton acunae Borhidi
  2. Leucocroton anomalus Borhidi
  3. Leucocroton bracteosus Urb.
  4. Leucocroton brittonii Alain
  5. Leucocroton comosus Urb. - Sierra de Nipe
  6. Leucocroton cordifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain
  7. Leucocroton discolor Urb. - Sierra de Nipe
  8. Leucocroton ekmanii Urb. - Sierra Sagua Baracoa
  9. Leucocroton flavicans Müll.Arg.
  10. Leucocroton havanensis Borhidi
  11. Leucocroton incrustatus Borhidi
  12. Leucocroton linearifolius Britton - Sierra de Moa
  13. Leucocroton longibracteatus Borhidi
  14. Leucocroton moaensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz
  15. Leucocroton moncadae Borhidi
  16. Leucocroton obovatus Urb. - Sierra del Cristal
  17. Leucocroton pachyphylloides Borhidi
  18. Leucocroton pachyphyllus Urb. - Sierra de Moa
  19. Leucocroton pallidus Britton & P.Wilson
  20. Leucocroton revolutus C.Wright
  21. Leucocroton sameki Borhidi
  22. Leucocroton saxicola Britton - Sierra de Nipe
  23. Leucocroton stenophyllus Urb. - Sierra de Nipe
  24. Leucocroton subpeltatus (Urb.) Alain
  25. Leucocroton virens Griseb.
  26. Leucocroton wrightii Griseb.
formerly included

moved to other genera (Garciadelia and Lasiocroton)

  1. Leucocroton leprosus - Garciadelia leprosa
  2. Leucocroton microphyllus - Lasiocroton microphyllus
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