Cephalocroton articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Description

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Monoecious herbs or shrubs Indumentum stellate. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Inflorescences terminal, usually bisexual; male flowers aggregated into a dense terminal spherical head with 1-7 female flowers at the base. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, splitting into 3-4 valvate lobes; petals 0; disk 0; stamens 6-8; pistillode entire or 2-3-fid. Female flowers: sepals 4-6, pinnatifid; petals 0; disk ring-shaped; styles 3, multifid. Fruit 3-lobed, dehiscent.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cephalocroton Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=865
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Cephalocroton

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Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.^[1]^[2] It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.^[3]^[4]

Use

The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.

Species^[3]

Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia

formerly included

moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )

C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans
C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis
C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala
C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis
C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis
C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala
C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis
C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus
C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica

References

^ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370 in Latin
^ Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Cephalocroton: Brief Summary

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Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.

Use

The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.

Species Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia formerly included

moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )

C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica

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