Croizatia is a small genus of plants in the Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1952.Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1952. Fieldiana, Botany 28: 308Tropicos, Croizatia Steyerm. It is native to Panama and to northwestern South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
species Croizatia brevipetiolata (Secco) Dorr - Colombia, NW Venezuela Croizatia cimalonia Cerón & G.L.Webster - Ecuador Croizatia naiguatensis Steyerm. - N Colombia, N Venezuela Croizatia neotropica Steyerm. - N Venezuela, Vaupés in E Colombia Croizatia panamensis G.L.Webster - Panama, NW Colombia
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