NOVEDADES SISTEMÁTICAS EN EL GÉNERO CROTON (EUPHORBIACEAE)

LUISA Z. AHUMADA ¹

Herbarium Humboldtianum, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Agrimensura U.N.N.E, Casilla de Correo 326, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina.

ABSTRACT: Ahumada, L. Z. 1999. Systematic novelties in the genus Croton (Euphorbiaceae). Darwiniana 37(1-2): 167-184.

Eight new species of Croton (Euphorbiaceac) from North-eastern and Central Argentina are described and illustrated: C. catamarcensis, C. cordobensis, C. eskuchei, C. laureltyanus,C. multirameus, C. ruderalis, C. tatacuensis and C. troncosoi. The distribution of the new species and their infrageneric position is discussed, according to the sections proposed by Webster (1993).

Key words: Taxonomy, Euphorbiaceae, Croton, Argentina.

¹ Profesora Titular de Botánica Sistemática