Croizatia

Croizatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Phyllanthoideae
Tribe:	Bridelieae
Subtribe:	Saviinae
Genus:	Croizatia Steyerm.
Synonyms[1]
Pseudosagotia Secco

Croizatia is a small genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1952.[2][3] It is native to Panama and to northwestern South America.[1][4][5] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]

species[1]

1. Croizatia brevipetiolata (Secco) Dorr - Colombia, NW Venezuela
2. Croizatia cimalonia Cerón & G.L.Webster - Ecuador
3. Croizatia naiguatensis Steyerm. - N Colombia, N Venezuela
4. Croizatia neotropica Steyerm. - N Venezuela, Vaupés in E Colombia
5. Croizatia panamensis G.L.Webster - Panama, NW Colombia

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1952. Fieldiana, Botany 28: 308
3. Tropicos, Croizatia Steyerm.
4. Grady L. Webster; Lynn Gillespie; Julian Steyermark (1987). "Systematics of Croizatia (Euphorbiaceae)". Systematic Botany. 12 (1): 1–8. doi:10.2307/2419209. JSTOR 2419209.
5. 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.