Cephalocroton

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: Epiprineae
Genus: Cephalocroton
Species: C. cordofanus – C. incanus – C. mollis – C. polygynus
Name

Cephalocroton Hochst., Flora 24: 370. (1841)

Type species: Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst., Flora 24: 370. (1841)

References

Hochstetter, C.F.F. 1841. Flora; oder, (allgemeine) botanische Zeitung 24: 370.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cephalocroton in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cephalocroton. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cephalocroton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 2.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cephalocroton in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.[3][4]

Use

The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.

Species[3]

Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia

formerly included

moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )

C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans
C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis
C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala
C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis
C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis
C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala
C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis
C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica

References

Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370 in Latin
Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.