View source for Croton cortesianus

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Croton cortesianus
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=2(fol.): 66; 2(qto.): 83. 1817
|year=1817
}}
|common_names=Cortez’s croton;palillo
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Croton chichenensis
|authority=Lundell
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. trichocarpus
|authority=Torrey
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton cortesianus
|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 cortesianus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 210
|treatment_page=page 213
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 10–30 dm, dioecious. <b>Stems</b> di- or trichotomously branched, stellate-hairy, young stems often blackened by fungus. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules rudimentary; petiole 1–1.5 cm, 1/6–1/3 leaf blade length, glands absent at apex; blade narrowly obovate, oblong, elliptic, or lanceolate, 3–10 × 1–5 cm, mostly less than 3.5 times as long as wide, base subacute to rounded, margins minutely denticulate, apex acute or acuminate, abaxial surface light green, densely ochraceous stellate-hispid when young, pale stellate-hairy when mature, adaxial surface darker green, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, racemes; staminate 7–20 cm, flowers 10–30; pistillate 1–5 cm, flowers 8–20(–30). <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 0–1 mm, pistillate 0–0.5 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, 2.5 mm, abaxial surface stellate-hairy; petals 5, oblong, 3 mm, abaxial surface glabrous except margins ciliate basally; stamens 12–16. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, equal, 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, apex straight to slightly incurved, abaxial surface stellate-hispid; petals rudimentary; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 4–5 mm, 2-fid, terminal segments 6. <b>Capsules</b> 5–6 × 4.5–5.5 mm, smooth; columella apex with 3 rounded, inflated lobes. <b>Seeds</b> 4–5 × 3–3.5 mm, shiny (with silvery sheen). <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Oct, possibly year-round.
|habitat=Scrub forests.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Tex.;e;se Mexico;Central America.
|discussion=<p><i>Croton cortesianus</i> is known in the flora area only from Cameron, Hidalgo, and Starr counties.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Croton cortesianus
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Croton chichenensis;C. trichocarpus
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Oct, possibly year-round.
|habitat=Scrub forests.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Tex.;e;se Mexico;Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1817
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_209.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton cortesianus
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