Taxon:
Croton urucurana Baill.
Summary
Place of publication:
Adansonia 4:335. 1864
Comment:
the specific epithet is a noun in apposition, derived from a vernacular name, and retains its own gender and termination irrespective of the gender of the generic name (Shenzhen ICN 23.5)
Verified:
05/08/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Portuguese
sangra-d'água – sangue-de-drago – urucurana –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Acre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Bahia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Distrito Federal | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Espírito Santo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Goiás | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Santa Catarina | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | São Paulo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Tocantins | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Chaco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Corrientes | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Formosa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Misiones | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Santa Fe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Alto Paraná | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Amambay | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Caaguazú | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Canindeyú | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Concepción | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Cordillera | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Guairá | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Itapúa | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Ñeembucú | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | Paraguarí | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Tocantins]
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe], Paraguay [Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazú, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Ñeembucú, Paraguarí, Canindeyú], Uruguay
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Riina, R. 2011. Review of Euphorbiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jan. |
Environmental | revegetator | | Riina, R. 2011. Review of Euphorbiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jan. |
Medicines | folklore | | Riina, R. 2011. Review of Euphorbiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jan. |