Croizatia Explained

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

species^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1952. Fieldiana, Botany 28: 308
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016766 Tropicos, Croizatia Steyerm.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=49134 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Systematics of Croizatia (Euphorbiaceae). Grady L. Webster. Lynn Gillespie. Julian Steyermark. Systematic Botany. 12. 1. 1987. 1–8 . 10.2307/2419209. 2419209.
5. 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.