Croton, Stevens, W. D 310315, Transchaco, 13 Mar 2011 3 (8).JPG
Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay; introduced into Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Comoros, East Himalaya, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Laos, Malaya, Maryland, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Réunion, Rodrigues, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Paraguay, Presidente Hayes
-24.571667, -58.036389
Location Remarks
96.3 km NW end of Río Paraguay bridge on the Ruta Transchaco; open Copernicia swamp. 80 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Weak shrub 5 dm tall; staminate flowers white, fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Croton
Specific Epithet
bonplandianus
Authorship
Baill.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#249,204 of 335,497
Top 75%
Extinction probability
10%
