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Croton astroites Dryand. (in W.T. Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 375. 1789.) Localities: West Indies (endemic), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [ Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Common Names: Balsam (L. Antilles), Black balsam (L. Antilles), Maná (Puerto Rico), Marán (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Croton guadeloupensis Desv. ex Ham. (Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 55. 1825.), Croton venosus Spreng. (Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 24. 1822.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 3). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 4). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 5). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 6). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 7). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 23 Sep 10 |