A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

number 98 • 329
Common Names: Copaiba, Croton, Palo blanco, Palo de barraco, Palo
de becerro, Palo de berraco, Palo santo (Dominican Republic),
Copahy, Copaye, Bois mouton (Haiti).
References: 7, 30, 123, 147.
Croton polytomus Urb., Symb. Antill. 3: 293. 1902.
Croton koehneanus Urb., Symb. Antill. 7: 249. 1912.
Croton krugianus Urb., Symb. Antill. 7: 250. 1912.
Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola.
Common Names: Jay-jai, Copaiba, Croton (Dominican Republic),
Copahy, Jay-jay, Jay-lay, Lay-lay (Haiti).
References: 7, 30, 123, 147.
Croton populifolius Mill. = Croton hircinus Vent.
Croton portoricensis Vahl ex Steud. = Croton glabellus L.
Croton portoricensis P.T. Li = Croton flavens L.
Croton priorianus Urb., Symb. Antill. 3: 295. 1902.
Distribution: Endemic to Jamaica.
References: 2, 30.
Croton procumbens C. Wright ex Griseb. = Croton cerinus Müll. Arg.
var. linifolius (Urb.) Borhidi
Croton prostratus Urb., Symb. Antill. 9: 195. 1924.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 30, 39, 74, 147.
Note: Considered vulnerable by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Croton prunifolius Vahl = Croton punctatus Jacq.
Croton punctatus Jacq., Collectanea 1: 166. 1787 [“1786”].
Croton prunifolius Vahl in E.F. Geiseler, Croton Monogr. 47. 1807.
Lasiocroton prunifolius Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-
Augusts-Univ. 1: 175. 1865.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Margarita, southern United States,
Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.
References: 3, 147, 323.
Croton rectangularis Urb. = Croton origanifolius Lam.
Croton revolutus (Alain) B.E. van Ee & P. E. Berry, Bot. Rev.
(Lancaster) 74: 159. 2008; Moacroton revolutus Alain, Contr.
Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio “De La Salle” 11: 3. 1952;
Moacroton lanceolatus Alain subsp. revolutus (Alain) Borhidi,
Acta Bot. Hung. 36: 10. 1991 [“1990-1991”].
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 39, 149, 472.
Note: Considered vulnerable by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Croton rigidus (Müll. Arg.) Britton = Croton flavens L.
Croton rosmarinoides Millsp. in N.L. Britton & C.F. Millspaugh,
Bahama Fl. 222. 1920; Croton rosmarinifolius Griseb., Nachr.
Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 174. 1865, nom. illeg.
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Bahamas, Cayman
Islands, and Cuba.
References: 3, 4, 45, 147, 149.
Croton rugelianus Urb. = Croton stenophyllus Griseb.
Croton sabanensis Urb. = Croton stenophyllus Griseb.
Croton sagranus Müll. Arg. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 617.
1866 [as sagraeanus].
Croton claraensis Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 408. 1917.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 147, 149.
Croton scaberrimus Müll. Arg. = Croton craspedotrichus Griseb.
Croton sessiliflorus Sw. = Savia sessiliflora (Sw.) Willd. (Phyllanthaceae)
Croton sidifolius Lam., Encycl. 2: 204. 1786.
Croton domingensis Vahl ex Geiseler, Croton. Monogr. 42. 1807.
Croton microstachyus Desv. ex Ham., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 56. 1825.
Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola.
Common Names: Bailla marron, Santa Maria, Yerba blanca de sabana
(Dominican Republic), Bois cabrite, Bois cabrits (Haiti).
References: 7, 30, 123, 147, 309.
Croton siguaneanus Urb. & Ekman = Croton origanifolius Lam.
Croton spinosus C. Wright = Croton brittonianus Carabia
Croton spinosus C. Wright var. heterolepis Urb. = Croton brittonianus
Carabia
Croton spiralis Müll. Arg., Linnaea 34: 125. 1865.
Croton cueroensis Britton & P. Wilson, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 75.
1920.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 7, 147, 156.
Croton stenophyllus Griseb., Pl. Wright. 1: 158. 1860.
Croton litoralis Urb. var. litoralis, Symb. Antill. 3: 294. 1902.
Croton rugelianus (Urb.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 453.
1914; Croton litoralis Urb. var. rugelianus Urb., Symb. Antill. 3:
294. 1902; Croton litoralis Urb. subsp. rugelianus (Urb.) Borhidi
& O. Muñiz, Bot. Közlem. 62: 25. 1975.
Croton sabanensis Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 458. 1914.
Croton stenophyllus Griseb. var. longifolius Kitan., Fitologiya 11: 47.
1979.
Croton tenuiramis Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 456. 1914.
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba and Puerto
Rico.
Common Names: Clavellina de laguna, Tilo, Verraco (Cuba).
References: 3, 30, 58, 147, 149, 152.
Croton stenophyllus Griseb. var. longifolius Kitan. = Croton
stenophyllus Griseb.
Croton subdecumbens Borhidi & O. Muñiz, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus.
Natl. Hung. 69: 46. 1977.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 39, 147, 149.
Note: Considered vulnerable by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Croton subglaber Urb. = Croton guildingii Griseb.
Croton sublucidus Müll. Arg., Linnaea 34: 128. 1865.
Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola (Dominican Republic).
References: 7, 147.
Croton tenuiramis Urb. = Croton stenophyllus Griseb.
Croton tiglium L., Sp. Pl. 1004. 1753.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba; native to tropical and subtropical Asia.
References: 147, 254.
Croton trigonocarpus C. Wright ex Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss.
Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 173. 1865; Moacroton trigonocarpus
(C. Wright ex Griseb.) Croizat, J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 190. 1945.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 147.
Croton trinitatis Millsp., Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1):
57. 1900.
Distribution: Cultivated in Virgin Islands (St. Thomas); native to
Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
References: 61, 147, 152, 254.
Croton tropidophyllus Urb. = Croton viminalis Griseb.
Croton urticifolius Lam., Encycl. 2: 219. 1786.