Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus [family EUPHORBIACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Croton zambesicus Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Flora 47: 483 (1864); in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 515 (1866). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 237 (1895). —Hutchinson in F.T.A. 6, 1: 758 (1912), excl. spec. Gillet 320 & Seret 594. —R.E. Fries, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo-Exped. 1, 1: 122 (1914). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 395 (1916). —Prain in F.C. 5, 2: 416 (1920). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 47 (1921). —Burtt Davy, Fl. Pl. Ferns Transvaal: 302 (1932). —Bremekamp & Obermeyer in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 16, 3: 421 (1935). —O.B. Miller, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Bech. Prot.: 32 (1948). —F.W. Andrews, Fl. Pl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 2: 61 (1952). —Keay in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 394 (1958). —Drummond in Kirkia 10: 251 (1975). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 138 (1987). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 194 (1994). Type: Mozambique, Manica e Sofala, Sena Hill, i.1859, Kirk Croton (2) (K, holotype).
Croton amabilis Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Flora 47: 537 (1864); in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 516 (1866). —N.E. Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1909: 140 (1909). —Hutchinson in F.T.A. 6, 1: 757 (1912). —O.B. Miller, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Bech. Prot.: 32 (1948). Syntypes from Nigeria.
Croton welwitschianus Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Bot. 2: 338 (1864); in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 515 (1866). Type from Angola (Huíla).
Croton microbotryus Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 35 (1888). Type from South Africa (Cape Province).
Croton antunesii Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 523 (1897). Types from Angola (Huíla).
Information
Leaves glabrous and deep green to mid-green on upper surface; inflorescences 4–15 cm long.
Habitat
Locally common at medium to low altitudes, in coastal dune forest and riverine fringe vegetation, in mopane woodland on floodplain alluvium, in Androstachys johnsonii woodland and thicket, on rocky outcrops and escarpment miombo, in Kalahari Sand woodland and Baikiaea mutemwa, and in mixed deciduous woodland and Pemba Thicket, also on termitaria
Range
Gambia eastwards to Nigeria; Angola and Namibia across to central Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) a trimodal disjunct distribution.
Altitude range
90–1525 m.
1525
90
Distribution
Mozambique M Porto Henrique, y. fl. 4.iii.1948, Gomes e Sousa 3690 (COI; K; MO; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique GI Mavume, y. fl. vii.1938, Gomes e Sousa 2156 (COI; K; LISC).Mozambique MS 29 km Tambara–Serra Lupata, y. fl. 14.v.1971, Torre & Correia 18396 (K; LISC; PRE).Malawi S Mpatamanga Gorge, y. fl. 13.v.1961, Leach & Rutherford-Smith 10829 (K; LISC; SRGH).Malawi C 8 km north of Kasungu, y. fl. 7.v.1970, Brummitt 10436 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Mnene, y. fl. 26.ii.1931, Norlindh & Weimarck 5158 (K; PRE; SRGH; UPS).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., Wengesi R., y. fl. 18.xii.1954, Chase 5370 (BM; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Prince Edward Dam, Harare, y. fl. 31.vii.1934, Gilliland Q 600 (BM; K; PRE).Zimbabwe W Hwange (Wankie) Nat. Park, y. fl. 26.ii.1967, Rushworth 246 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zambia S Livingstone, y. fl. 7.i.1953, Angus 1116 (BM; FHO; K; MO).Zambia C Katondwe, fl. 13.xi.1966, Fanshawe 9838 (K; NDO).Zambia E Chipata (Ft. Jameson)–Nsefu Road, fl. 26.v.1961, Angus 2892 (FHO; K).Zambia W Misaka For. Res., y. fl. 15.viii.1952, Holmes 939 (FHO; K).Zambia N L. Kashiba, fr. 22.x.1957, Fanshawe 3796 (K; NDO).Botswana SE 10 km north of Lobatse, fl. 2.x.1977, O.J. Hansen 3209 (C; GAB; K; PRE; SRGH).Botswana SW Central Kalahari Game Res., Deception Pan, y. fl. iv.1975, Owens 16 (K; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique T do Songo para a barragem, y. fl. 5.ii.1972, Macêdo 4795 (K; LISC; LMA; SRGH).Malawi N Rumphi Distr., Livingstonia Road, Rukuru R. Bridge, y. fl. 16.viii.1980, Patel 556 (PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Chinhoyi (Sinoia) Cave, y. fl. 21.iv.1948, Rodin 4375 (K; MO; PRE; SRGH; UC).Zambia B Nangweshi, st. 22.vii.1952, Codd 7147 (BM; K; PRE; SRGH).Botswana N Ngamiland Distr., Tsodilo Hills, y. fl. 2.v.1975, Müller & Biegel 2304 (FHO; K; MO; PRE; SRGH).Caprivi Strip 72 km Katima Mulilo–Singalamwe on Finaughty's Road, y. fl. 30.xii.1958, Killick & Leistner 3194 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
southern Sudan
Ethiopia
northern Uganda
Kenya
Notes
Vernacular names as recorded in specimen data include: “mologa” (setstwana); “cassaca” (Tete area); “kanunkila” (Tok.).The flowers remain in bud all through the dry season and open with the first rains (Mrs Lugard).The dried flower buds when crushed smell strongly of certain Labiatae (e.g. Thymus, Salvia spp.).
Croton gratissimus var. gratissimus [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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