Lasiocroton

Lasiocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859.[1][2] The genus is endemic to the West Indies.[3][4][5]

Species[3]

1. Lasiocroton bahamensis Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti
2. Lasiocroton fawcettii Urb. - Jamaica
3. Lasiocroton gracilis Britton & P.Wilson - SE Cuba
4. Lasiocroton gutierrezii Jestrow - Cuba
5. Lasiocroton harrisii Britton - Jamaica
6. Lasiocroton macrophyllus (Sw.) Griseb. - Jamaica
7. Lasiocroton microphyllus (A.Rich.) Jestrow - Cuba

formerly included[3]

1. moved to other genera (Bernardia Croton Leucocroton)
2. Lasiocroton cordifolius Britton & P.Wilson - Leucocroton cordifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain
3. Lasiocroton prunifolius Griseb. - Croton punctatus Jacq.
4. Lasiocroton subpeltatus Urb. - Leucocroton subpeltatus (Urb.) Alain
5. Lasiocroton trelawniensis C.D.Adams - Bernardia trelawniensis (C.D.Adams) Jestrow & Proctor

Lasiocroton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Adelieae
Genus:	Lasiocroton Griseb.

References

1. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 46
2. Tropicos
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.
5. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.