Cephalocroton
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Cephalocroton
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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]
- Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
- Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
- Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
- Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia
- formerly included
moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )
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References
- ↑ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
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