Caperonia

(Genus)

False crotons (genus Caperonia) are a group of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae. There are 60 species found in tropical America and tropical Africa.

Synonyms

This genus is also known as:

Acanthopyxis Miq. ex Lanj. nom. inval.
Androphoranthus H.Karst.
Cavanilla Vell.
Lepidococea Turcz.
Meterana Raf.

Photos

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Caperonia corchoroides Caperonia corchoroides Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007
Location Taken: Suriname Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 229826

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Taxonomy

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The Genus Caperonia is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 49 species and subspecies in the Genus Caperonia: C. acalyphifolia · C. aculeolata · C. altissima · C. angustissima · C. bahiensis · C. bahiensis f. angustior · C. bahiensis f. latior · C. brocchiana · C. buettneriacea · C. capiibariensis · C. castaieforia · C. castanaefolia · C. castanaeifolia · C. castaneaefolia · C. castaneifolia (Chestnutleaf False Croton) · C. castauaefolia · C. castrobarrosiana · C. chiltepecensis · C. corchoroides · C. cordata · C. cubana · C. fistulata · C. fistulosa · C. gardneri · C. glabrata · C. heteropetala · C. hiystrix · C. langsdorffii · C. latifolia · C. latior · C. linearifolia · C. lutea · C. madagascariensis · C. multicostata · C. neglecta · C. palustria f. foliis oblongis · C. palustris (Sacatrapo) · C. palustris f. foliis elipticis · C. paraguayensis · C. pubescens · C. regnellii · C. rutenbergii · C. serrata · C. similis · C. stenophylla · C. stuhlmannii · C. subrotunda · C. velloziana · C. zaponzeta

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