Croizatia

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: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Bridelieae
Subtribus: Saviinae
Genus: Croizatia
Species: C. brevipetiolata – C. cimalonia – C. naiguatensis – C. neotropica – C. panamensis
Name

Croizatia Steyerm., Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 308. (1952)

Type species: Croizatia neotropica Steyerm., Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 309 (1952)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pseudosagotia Secco, Bol. Mus. Paraense "Emilio Goeldi" 2(1): 23. (1985)

References

Steyermark, J.A. 1952. Fieldiana. Botany 28: 308.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Croizatia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Croizatia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 11 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Croizatia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Apr. 2020.

Croizatia is a small genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1952.[2][3] It is native to Panama and to northwestern South America.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]

species[1]

Croizatia brevipetiolata (Secco) Dorr - Colombia, NW Venezuela
Croizatia cimalonia Cerón & G.L.Webster - Ecuador
Croizatia naiguatensis Steyerm. - N Colombia, N Venezuela
Croizatia neotropica Steyerm. - N Venezuela, Vaupés in E Colombia
Croizatia panamensis G.L.Webster - Panama, NW Colombia

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1952. Fieldiana, Botany 28: 308
Tropicos, Croizatia Steyerm.
Grady L. Webster; Lynn Gillespie; Julian Steyermark (1987). "Systematics of Croizatia (Euphorbiaceae)". Systematic Botany. 12 (1): 1–8. doi:10.2307/2419209. JSTOR 2419209.
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.