Sclerocroton

Sclerocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845.[1][2] There a total of 6 known species in this genus; 5 species in continental Africa and a single species in Madagascar.[3][4][5]

Species[4]

1. Sclerocroton carterianus (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
2. Sclerocroton cornutus (Pax) Kruijt & Roebers - C + SC Africa from Cameroon to Zimbabwe plus Ivory Coast
3. Sclerocroton integerrimus Hochst. - C + S Africa from Zaire to KawZulu-Natal, plus Guinea
4. Sclerocroton melanostictus (Baill.) Kruijt & Roebers - Madagascar
5. Sclerocroton oblongifolius (Müll.Arg.) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
6. Sclerocroton schmitzii (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Formerly included

Sclerocroton
Sclerocroton integerrimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Euphorbioideae
Tribe:	Hippomaneae
Subtribe:	Hippomaninae
Genus:	Sclerocroton Hochst.

moved to Shirakiopsis

• Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica

References

1. Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1845. Flora 28: 85 in Latin
2. Tropicos, Sclerocroton Hochst.
3. Schmelzer, H. G. and Gurib-Fakim, A. (2008). Medicinal Plants. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (Program). ISBN 90-5782-204-0
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. 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.