Acidocroton
Genus of flowering plants
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Acidocroton is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described with this name in 1859.[2][3] It is native to Colombia, Mexico and the Greater Antilles.[4][5]
| Acidocroton | |
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| Spiny stipules on Acidocroton verrucosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Codiaeae |
| Genus: | Acidocroton Griseb. 1859, conserved name[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acidocroton adelioides | |
Taxonomy
Etymologically, the name Acidocroton means "sour croton".
Species
The following species are recorded:[4]
- Acidocroton acunae - Cuba
- Acidocroton adelioides - Cuba
- Acidocroton ekmanii - E Cuba
- Acidocroton gentryi - Colombia (Cundinamarca)
- Acidocroton horridus - Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
- Acidocroton litoralis - Haiti
- Acidocroton lobulatus - SE Cuba
- Acidocroton madrigalensis - Mexico (Tabasco)
- Acidocroton montanus - Hispaniola
- Acidocroton oligostemon - C + E Cuba
- Acidocroton trichophyllus - Cuba
- Acidocroton verrucosus - Jamaica
- formerly included
moved to Ophellantha
- Acidocroton spinosus - Ophellantha spinosa
- Acidocroton steyermarkii - Ophellantha steyermarkii
