PLANTS Profile for Croton punctatus (gulf croton)

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PLANTS Profile

Croton punctatus Jacq.
gulf croton

Symbol:

CRPU6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Forb/herb

L48

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Croton punctatus Jacq.

Distribution:
Croton punctatus Jacq.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, PA, SC, TX)

Related Taxa:
Croton punctatus Jacq.

View 60 genera in Euphorbiaceae, 50 species in Croton

Classification:
Croton punctatus Jacq.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Croton L. – croton
Species	Croton punctatus Jacq. – gulf croton

More Accounts and Images:
Croton punctatus Jacq.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28286.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 05:43 AM CDT