Article: Two new species of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) from campos rupestres of Minas Gerais State, Brazil1

MEDEIROS, D., L. SENNA-VALLE, AND R. J. V. ALVES (Department of Botany, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 20.940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil). J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 136: 186-191. 2009.-Two new species of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) from campos rupestres of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Two new species of Croton L. (Euphorbiaceae) are described and illustrated. Croton lenheirensis and C. pradensis occur in campo rupestre vegetation on quartzitic soils in the State of Minas Gerais, the former from Serra do Lenheiro in Säo Joäo del Rei and the later from Serra de Säo José in Tiradentes. Both localities are within an important center of endemism for Croton sect. Medea ...

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