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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Caperonia
|accepted_authority=A. St.-Hilaire
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil
|place=3/4: 244. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|common_names=False croton
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Caperonia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Caperonia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Natalis (Noël) Caperon or Capperon, d. 1572, apothecary of Orleans
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 159
|treatment_page=page 179
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs], annual [perennial], monoecious [rarely dioecious]; hairs unbranched, sometimes glandular; latex absent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, simple; stipules present, persistent; petiole present, glands absent; blade unlobed, margins serrate, laminar glands absent; venation pinnate or weakly palmate at base, pinnate distally, secondary veins straight, closely spaced, and parallel [arched, moderately spaced]. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal) [unisexual], axillary, spikes or racemes; glands subtending each bract 0. <b>Pedicels</b> present or absent. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, valvate, connate basally; petals 5, distinct, adnate to base of staminal column, white; nectary absent; stamens 10, in 2 whorls, connate basally; pistillode present, at top of staminal column. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals persistent, often enlarging in fruit, 5–8(–10), connate basally, unequal, small outer lobes often present alternating with larger lobes; petals 5(–6) [often rudimentary], distinct, white; nectary absent; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, connate basally [distinct], deeply multifid, branches [9–]12–21 per flower. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, densely muricate. <b>Seeds</b> subglobose; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;introduced also in Pacific Islands (Guam).
|discussion=<p>Species 34 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants without glandular hairs.
|[[Caperonia castaneifolia|Caperonia castaneifolia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants with coarse gland-tipped hairs (especially abundant on stems and petioles).
|[[Caperonia palustris|Caperonia palustris]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Caperonia
|author=Lynn J. Gillespie
|authority=A. St.-Hilaire
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;introduced also in Pacific Islands (Guam).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil
|publication year=1825
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_506.xml
|genus=Caperonia
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