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jutiapensis

Taxon

Croton jutiapensis Croizat

Protologue Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 450. 1942BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 308.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 308.jpg

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 293.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 304.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 300.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 305.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 305.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 297.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 297.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 311.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 311.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 309.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 309.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 302.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 302.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 303.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 303.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 306.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 306.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 310.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 310.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 307.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 307.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 301.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 301.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 299.jpg

Croton...WDS#27305,Nicaragua,Matagalpa,Moropotente-Reserva Miraflor,17June2008 299.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Stevens, W. D 27305

June 17, 2008

Location

Nicaragua, Esteli (Estelí)

13.25, -86.360833

Location Remarks

Km 168 on Hwy 1, 16 km N of Estelí, Cuesta de Kukamonga, nearly dry stream bed leading down to Río Estelí; dry forest draped with epiphytes, steep stream banks cut through soft conglomerates with dense epiphytes. 800-850 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Indiana Coronado, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, M. Salazar

Notes

Shrub 3 m tall, flowers white.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Specific Epithet

jutiapensis

Authorship

Croizat

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#324,371 of 335,497

Top 97%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →