Croton texensis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Euphorbiaceae

The Euphorbiaceae are mostly monoecious herbs, shrubs , and trees , sometimes succulent and cactus-like, comprising one of the largest families of plants with about 300 genera and 7,500 species that are further characterized by the frequent occurrence of milky sap . The leaves are mostly alternate but may be opposite or whorled and they are simple , or compound , or sometimes highly reduced. Stipules are generally present but may be reduced to hairs , glands or spines. The flowers are unisexual and usually actinomorphic . They may be highly reduced by suppression of parts, in the extreme form consisting of a naked stamen as a male flower and a naked pistil as a female flower. A specialized type of miniature inflorescence called a cyathium occurs in about 1,500 species comprising the genera Euphorbia and Chamaesyce. The cyathium consists of a single naked pistillate flower surrounded by cymes of naked staminate flowers, each consisting of a single stamen. These flowers are all enclosed in a cup-like involucre that typically is provided with peripheral nectaries and petaloid appendages such that the whole aggregation closely resembles a single flower. In other members of the family the flowers and inflorescences are more ordinary in appearance , with male and female flowers typically bearing a 5-merous calyx and corolla of distinct segments, although the corolla is sometimes absent. In these forms the androecium most commonly consists of 5, 10 or sometimes numerous distinct or monadelphous stamens. The gynoecium of female flowers consists of a single compound pistil of typically 3 carpels, an equal number of styles or primary style branches, and a superior ovary with typically 3 locules, each bearing 1 or 2 collateral , axile-apical pendulous ovules. The fruit is usually a capsular schizocarp. -- Gerald Carr.

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,793 meters (0 to 9,163 feet).[1]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Croton Alabamensis Texensis • Croton alabamensis texensis Ginzbarg • Croton alabamensis var. texensis Ginzbarg • Croton muricatus Nutt. • Croton texensis var. utahensis Cronquist • Croton virens Müll. Arg. • Hendecandra texensis Klotzsch • Oxydectes texensis (Klotzsch) Kuntze • Oxydectes virens< /i> (Müll. Arg.) Kuntze

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Croton

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 61 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. alabamensis (Alabama Croton) · C. alabamensis var. alabamensis (Alabama Croton) · C. alabamensis var. texensis (Alabama Croton) · C. argenteus (Silver July Croton) · C. argyranthemus (Healing Croton) · C. astroites (Wild Marrow) · C. betulinus (Beechleaf Croton) · C. bonplandianus (Bonpland's Croton) · C. californicus (California Croton) · C. californicus var. californicus (California Croton) · C. capitatus (Hogwort) · C. capitatus var. lindheimeri (Lindheimers Hogwort) · C. cascarilla (Grannybush) · C. ciliatoglandulifer (Mexican Croton) · C. cortesianus (Cortez's Croton) · C. coryi (Cory's Croton) · C. dioicus (Grassland Croton) · C. discolor (Lechecillo) · C. elliottii (Elliott's Croton) · C. eluteria (Cascarilla) · C. fishlockii (Fishlock's Croton) · C. flavens (Yellow Balsam) · C. fruticulosus (Bush Croton) · C. glandulosus (Lindheimer's Croton) · C. glandulosus var. glandulosus (Vente Conmigo) · C. heterocarpus (Croton) · C. humilis (Low Croton) · C. impressus (Puerto Rico Croton) · C. incanus (Torrey Croton) · C. lachnocarpus (Hairyfruit Croton) · C. leucophyllus (Two-Color Croton) · C. lindheimerianus (Lindheimer's Croton) · C. lindheimerianus var. tharpii (Tharp Croton) · C. lucidus (Firebush) · C. macrobotrys (Sangue-De-Drago) · C. michauxii (Michauxs Croton) · C. microcarpus (Money Croton) · C. monanthogynus (Prairie Tea) · C. ovalifolius (Yerba) · C. parksii (Parks Croton) · C. poecilanthus (Sabinon) · C. pottsii (Leather-Weed) · C. pottsii var. pottsii (Leather Croton) · C. pottsii var. thermophilus (Leatherweed) · C. punctatus (Gulf Croton) · C. ripensis (Croton) · C. sampatik (Perennial Croton Species) · C. sancti-lazari (Trans Pecos Croton) · C. scouleri (Chala) · C. sessiliflorus (Amansa Guapo) · C. setiger (Doveweed) · C. setigerus (Croton) · C. soliman (Soliman Croton) · C. sonorae (Sonoran Croton) · C. stenophyllus (West Indian Croton) · C. suaveolens (Scented Croton) · C. texensis (Texas Croton) · C. tiglium (Croton Oil Plant) · C. trinitatis (Roadside Croton) · C. wigginsii (Wiggins' Croton) · C. willdenowii (Elliptical Rushfoil)

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
• Utah Valley State College
• , Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874818
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-51344
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14238795
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:343621-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 316641
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 531023
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDEUP0H112 PDEUP0H110
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CRTEU CRTE
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 33205

Footnotes

1. Mean = 969.570 meters (3,181.004 feet), Standard Deviation = 565.650 based on 400 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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