Croton elegans

Croton elegans is a flowering plant species in the genus Croton. It is a shrub endemic to the Ecuadorean Andes.

Croton elegans
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Croton
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Croton elegans Kunth, 1817[1]
Synonyms
Croton elegans Veitch, 1861[2]

See also

IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Plantae)

References

Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 79 1817
Veitch Gard. Chron. 1861: 499 1861

External links

Croton elegans at iucnredlist.org

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