Acidocroton Explained

Acidocroton is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described with this name in 1859.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Colombia and the Greater Antilles.^{[3] [4]}

Etymologically, the name Acidocroton means "sour croton".

Species^[3]

formerly includedmoved to Ophellantha

1. Acidocroton spinosus - Ophellantha spinosa
2. Acidocroton steyermarkii - Ophellantha steyermarkii

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/379261#page/59/mode/1up Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 42
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030769 Tropicos, Acidocroton Griseb.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=1909 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.