View source for Croton glandulosus

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Croton glandulosus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=10, 2: 1275. 1759
|year=1759
}}
|common_names=Sand or tooth-leaved or tropic croton;vente conmigo
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Decarinium glandulosum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rafinesque
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Geiseleria glandulosa
|authority=(Linnaeus) Klotzsch
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Oxydectes glandulosa
|authority=(Linnaeus) Kuntze
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton glandulosus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Croton]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Croton glandulosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 207, 216
|treatment_page=page 215
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 1–12 dm, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> much branched distally, usually coarsely stellate-hairy, rarely glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules linear-subulate, glandular or not, to 0.5 mm or absent; petiole 0.2–1 cm, glands at apex 2, yellow, sessile to shortly stipitate, cuplike; blade ovate proximally, oblong-lanceolate distally, 0.6–3.5(–7) × 0.3–1.5(–3) cm, base obtuse to truncate, margins coarsely crenate to serrate-dentate, apex obtuse to rounded, both surfaces green, stellate-hairy, glabrate, or rarely glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual, racemes, 1–3 cm, staminate flowers 10–20, pistillate flowers 1–4. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 0.8–2 mm, pistillate 0–5 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 0.8–1.2 mm, abaxial surface stellate-hairy; petals 5, oblanceolate, 1–1.3 mm, abaxial surface glabrous except margins ciliate; stamens 7–13. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, subequal, 6–7.5 mm, margins entire, apex straight to slightly incurved, abaxial surface glabrous except stellate-hairy apically; petals 0 or 5, rudimentary; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 1–2.5 mm, deeply 2-fid, terminal segments 6. <b>Capsules</b> 3.5–6 × 4–5 mm, smooth; columella 3-angled. <b>Seeds</b> 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm, shiny. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Varieties ca. 20 (5 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Croton glandulosus</i> is widespread in the New World, with a complex pattern of variation. The classification here follows B. W. van Ee et al. (2009).</p>
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades glabrate or sparsely to moderately stellate-hairy.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants 2–12 dm; leaf blades 2–7 cm.
|[[Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis|Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants 1–2 dm; leaf blades 0.6–2(–3) cm.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaf blades glabrate, bases markedly 3-veined; petiole apical glands sessile; Florida.
|[[Croton glandulosus var. floridanus|Croton glandulosus var. floridanus]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaf blades sparsely stellate-hairy, bases obscurely 3-veined; petiole apical glands stipitate; Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.
|[[Croton glandulosus var. lindheimeri|Croton glandulosus var. lindheimeri]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades moderately to densely stellate-hairy.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blades firm-thick, length mostly 2 times width or less, marginal teeth rounded; petiole apical glands sessile.
|[[Croton glandulosus var. arenicola|Croton glandulosus var. arenicola]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaf blades membranous, length mostly more than 2 times width, marginal teeth pointed; petiole apical glands sessile or stipitate.
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Leaf blades 1–2(–3) × 0.3–0.8(–1.3) cm; petiole apical glands stipitate, circular when dry, 0.1–0.4 mm diam.
|[[Croton glandulosus var. lindheimeri|Croton glandulosus var. lindheimeri]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Leaf blades 2–7 × 0.7–3 cm; petiole apical glands sessile, wavy-wrinkled when dry, 0.5–0.8 mm diam.
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Stems densely stellate-hairy, hairs spreading, radii unequal; leaf blades densely stellate-villous.
|[[Croton glandulosus var. pubentissimus|Croton glandulosus var. pubentissimus]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Stems moderately stellate-hairy, hairs appressed, radii equal; leaf blades moderately stellate-hairy.
|[[Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis|Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Croton glandulosus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Decarinium glandulosum;Geiseleria glandulosa;Oxydectes glandulosa
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1759
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_821.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton glandulosus
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