Lasiocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859.August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. 1859. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 46Tropicos The genus is endemic to the West Indies.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.Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. It is a member of the Leucocroton alliance, which also includes Leucocroton and Garciadelia. Species in this alliance are dioecious.
Species Lasiocroton bahamensis Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti Lasiocroton fawcettii Urb. - Jamaica Lasiocroton gracilis Britton & P.Wilson - SE Cuba Lasiocroton gutierrezii Jestrow - Cuba Lasiocroton harrisii Britton - Jamaica Lasiocroton macrophyllus (Sw.) Griseb. - Jamaica Lasiocroton microphyllus (A.Rich.) Jestrow - Cuba
formerly included moved to other genera (Bernardia Croton Leucocroton) Lasiocroton cordifolius Britton & P.Wilson - Leucocroton cordifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Alain Lasiocroton prunifolius Griseb. - Croton punctatus Jacq. Lasiocroton subpeltatus Urb. - Leucocroton subpeltatus (Urb.) Alain Lasiocroton trelawniensis C.D.Adams - Bernardia trelawniensis (C.D.Adams) Jestrow & Proctor
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