Caperonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Chrozophoreae
Subtribus: Ditaxinae
Genus: Caperonia
Species: C. aculeolata – C. altissima – C. angustissima – C. bahiensis – C. buettneriacea – C. capiibariensis – C. castaneifolia – C. castrobarrosiana – C. chiltepecensis – C. corchoroides – C. cordata – C. cubana – C. fistulosa – C. gardneri – C. glabrata – C. heteropetala – C. langsdorffii – C. latifolia – C. latior – C. linearifolia – C. lutea – C. multicostata – C. neglecta – C. palustris – C. paraguayensis – C. regnellii – C. rutenbergii – C. serrata – C. similis – C. stenophylla – C. stuhlmannii – C. subrotunda – C. vellizoana – C. zaponzeta
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Caperonia A.St.-Hil., Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil: 244 (1825).

Type species: Croton castaneifolius L. LT designated by N. L. Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 486 (1924)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cavanilla Vell., Fl. Flumin.: 226 (1829).
Meterana Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 65 (1838).
Lepidococca Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 588 (1848).
Androphoranthus H.Karst., Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 5 (1859).
Acanthopyxis Miq. ex Lanj., Euphorb. Surinam: 128 (1931).

References
Primary references

Saint-Hilaire, A. de. 1824–1826. Histoire des plantes les plus remarquables du Brésil et du Paraguay, vol. 1. LXVII+355 pp., 30 tt. A. Belin, Paris. Internet Archive Mertz Digital collections Gallica (only part) Reference page. : 244.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Caperonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Caperonia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 08 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Caperonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 08. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Caperonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 08.

Vernacular names
English: false croton
svenska: Meterana

Caperonia (false croton) is a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1825.[3][4] The genus is native to tropical and subtropical America and Africa.[1][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Species[1]

Caperonia aculeolata - S Brazil
Caperonia altissima - Paraguay
Caperonia angustissima - Guyana
Caperonia bahiensis - E Brazil, Paraguay
Caperonia buettneriacea - S Brazil
Caperonia capiibariensis - Paraguay
Caperonia castaneifolia - widespread from Mexico + West Indies to Paraguay + NE Argentina; naturalized in Florida, Alabama
Caperonia castrobarrosiana - Maranhão
Caperonia chiltepecensis - Veracruz, Oaxaca
Caperonia corchoroides - Guyana, Suriname
Caperonia cordata - S Brazil, NE Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Caperonia cubana - Cuba
Caperonia fistulosa - Africa from Mali to Somalia to Namibia
Caperonia gardneri - Brazil
Caperonia glabrata - Paraguay, Formosa
Caperonia heteropetala - S Brazil
Caperonia langsdorffii - São Paulo, Mato Grosso
Caperonia latifolia W + C Africa from Togo to Tanzania
Caperonia latior - Paraguay
Caperonia linearifolia - S Brazil, NE Argentina, Uruguay
Caperonia lutea - Guyana
Caperonia multicostata - E Brazil
Caperonia neglecta - Veracruz, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia
Caperonia palustris - widespread from SE + SC United States to Paraguay + N Argentina
Caperonia paraguayensis - Paraguay
Caperonia regnellii - Minas Gerais
Caperonia rutenbergii - Madagascar
Caperonia serrata - tropical Africa
Caperonia similis - Amazonas in NW Brazil
Caperonia stenophylla - Minas Gerais, 3 Guianas
Caperonia stuhlmannii - Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal
Caperonia subrotunda - Somalia
Caperonia vellozoana - Rio de Janeiro
Caperonia zaponzeta - Peru

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos, search for genus Cavanilla
Saint-Hilaire, Auguste François César Prouvençal de. 1825. Histoire des plantes les plus remarquables du Bresil ... 3/4: 244–247. 1825
Tropicos
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Burger, W.C. & M.J. Huft. 1995. Family 113. Euphorbiaceae. En: W. C. Burger (ed.), Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana, Botany, n.s. 36: 1–169.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps, genus Caperonia