Leucocroton

Leucocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861.[2][1] The entire genus is endemic to Cuba.[3]

Species[3]

1. Leucocroton acunae
2. Leucocroton anomalus
3. Leucocroton bracteosus
4. Leucocroton brittonii
5. Leucocroton comosus - Sierra de Nipe
6. Leucocroton cordifolius
7. Leucocroton discolor - Sierra de Nipe
8. Leucocroton ekmanii - Sierra Sagua Baracoa
9. Leucocroton flavicans
10. Leucocroton havanensis
11. Leucocroton incrustatus
12. Leucocroton linearifolius - Sierra de Moa
13. Leucocroton longibracteatus
14. Leucocroton moaensis
15. Leucocroton moncadae
16. Leucocroton obovatus - Sierra del Cristal
17. Leucocroton pachyphylloides
18. Leucocroton pachyphyllus - Sierra de Moa
19. Leucocroton pallidus
20. Leucocroton revolutus
21. Leucocroton sameki
22. Leucocroton saxicola - Sierra de Nipe
23. Leucocroton stenophyllus - Sierra de Nipe
24. Leucocroton subpeltatus
25. Leucocroton virens
26. Leucocroton wrightii

formerly included

Leucocroton
Leucocroton havanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Adelieae
Genus:	Leucocroton Griseb.
Type species
Leucocroton wrightii[1] Griseb.

moved to other genera (Garciadelia Lasiocroton )

1. Leucocroton leprosus - Garciadelia leprosa
2. Leucocroton microphyllus - Lasiocroton microphyllus

References

1. Tropicos
2. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1861. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 9: 20-21 in Latin
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families