Taxon:
Croton dioicus Cav.
Summary
Place of publication:
Icon 1:4, t. 6. 1791
Verified:
02/03/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
grassland croton – rosval – Spanish
hierva del gato – rubaldo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | e. & s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | s. & w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico (e. & s.), Texas (s. & w.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |