Croton alabamensis var. texensis
Sida 15: 42, fig. 1. 1992.
Common names: Texabama croton
EndemicConservation concern
Leaf-blades: abaxial surface coppery, some scales unpigmented, others with dark reddish-brown center and reddish amber rays. Inflorescences 6–14-flowered, producing 0–6 fruits.
Phenology: Flowering mostly late Feb–early Apr; fruiting mostly May–Jun.
Habitat: Mesic hardwood forest understories, soils overlying limestone, canyon slopes, flat terraces.
Elevation: 200–400 m.
Discussion
Variety texensis is restricted to Bell, Coryell, and Travis counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"connate" is not a number. "distinct" is not a number.
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coppery +
lepidote +
dehiscing +
incurved +
emarginate;rounded;emarginate;rounded;acute +
pinnate +
oblong;ovate;oblong;ovate;elliptic +
absent +
absent +
dark reddish-brown +
3-angled +
Texabama croton +
fascicles +
Tex. +
0;10 +
unisexual +
septicidal +
subtending +
absent +
Mesic hardwood forest understories, soils overlying limestone, canyon slopes, flat terraces. +
absent +
6-14-flowered +
absent +
absent +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
clustered +
orange +
older +
stellate-ciliate +
undulate +
extrastaminal +
absent +
annular +
axile +
superior +
anatropous +
absent +
hypogynous +
pale green +
list;count;distinct +
absent +
absent +
(1-)3-carpellate +
absent +
Sida +
1992 +
reddish amber +
unpigmented +
shiny +
absent +
5;5 +
equal +
longitudinal +
distinct +
inflexed +
10;22 +
branched +
lepidote +
1;32 +
absent +
unbranched +
2-fid +
Croton alabamensis var. texensis +
Croton alabamensis +
variety +
monoecious +