Brasiliocroton is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant was first described in 2005 from lowland forests in eastern and northeastern Brazil, whence its name.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Crotoneae |
| Genus: | Brasiliocroton P.E.Berry & Cordeiro |
| Species: | B. mamoninha
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| Binomial name | |
| Brasiliocroton mamoninha P.E.Berry & Cordeiro
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There are two species in the genus: Brasiliocroton mamoninha and Brasiliocroton muricatus, which can be distinguished by the flowers, fruit, pollen, among others.[2][3]
References
- ^ Paul E. Berry; Inês Cordeiro; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft; Maria Amélia Vitorino-Cruz; Letícia Ribes de Lima (2005). "Brasiliocroton, a New Crotonoid Genus of Euphorbiaceae s.s. from Eastern Brazil". Systematic Botany. 30 (2): 357–365. doi:10.1600/0363644054223585.
- ^ Riina, Ricarda; Carneiro-Torres, Daniela S.; Peirson, Jess A.; Berry, Paul E.; Cordeiro, Inês (2014-03-01). "Further Support for the Crotoneae Phylogeny: A New Species of Brasiliocroton (Euphorbiaceae) Based on Morphological, Geographical, and Molecular Evidence". Systematic Botany (1): 227–234. doi:10.1600/036364414x678170. ISSN 0363-6445. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Souza, Lidian Ribeiro de; Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos; Carneiro-Torres, Daniela Santos (2019-09-12). "Pollen morphology and exine ultrastructure of Brasiliocroton P.E. Berry & Cordeiro (Euphorbiaceae)". Acta Botanica Brasilica: 584–591. doi:10.1590/0102-33062019abb0183. ISSN 0102-3306. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
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