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Taxon

Croton hostmannii Miq.

Protologue Linnaea 21(4): 477. 1848 [Jun ? 1848] (as hostmanni)BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Croton hostmannii--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg, Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Croton hostmannii--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg, Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Croton hostmannii with mosquitoes--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg, Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. 002.jpg

Croton hostmannii with mosquitoes--Fr. Guiana. On the inselberg, Les Nouragues. 16 Mch 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Brazil North, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (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

No collection number

March 16, 2002

Location

French Guiana, French Guiana (Roura)

4.558556, -52.463417

Location Remarks

Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Euphorbiaceae

Genus

Croton

Specific Epithet

hostmannii

Authorship

Miq.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

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

0.1

Global rank

#269,401 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →