Cephalocroton

Cephalocroton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Epiprineae
Subtribe:	Epiprininae
Genus:	Cephalocroton Hochst.
Type species
Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst.

Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.[3][4]

Use

The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.

Species[3]

1. Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
2. Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
3. Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
4. Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia

formerly included

moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )

1. C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans
2. C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis
3. C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala
4. C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis
5. C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis
6. C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala
7. C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis
8. C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
9. C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica

References

1. Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370 in Latin
2. Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.