Croton hirtus: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Croton hirtus L’Hér. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Astraea klotzschii Didr., Brachystachys hirta Klotzsch, Croton affinis Geiseler, Croton corchorifolius Geiseler, Croton divaricatus Sw., Croton floridanus Ferguson, Croton glandulosus Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus subsp. hirtus (L’Hér.) Croizat, Croton glandulosus var. angustifolius Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. crenatifolius A.M. Ferguson, Croton glandulosus var. divaricatus (Sw.) Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. floridanus (Ferguson) R.W. Long, Croton glandulosus var. gardneri (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. genuinus Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. hirtus (L’Hér.) Müll. Arg., Croton glandulosus var. intermedius Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. lindheimeri Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. martii Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. occidentalis Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. parviseminus Croizat, Croton glandulosus var. pubentissimus Croizat, Croton glandulosus var. sagotii Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. schomburgkianus Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. scordioides (Lam.) Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. shortii A.M. Ferguson, Croton glandulosus var. sieberi Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. simpsonii A.M. Ferguson, Croton glandulosus var. subincanus (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. tenellus Müll.Arg., Croton glandulosus var. warmingii Müll.Arg., Croton herbaceus Vell., Croton scordioides Lam., Oxydectes glandulosa var. hirta (L’Hér.) Kuntze, Podostachys hirta (L’Hér.) Klotzsch, Podostachys hirta Klotzsch.

References regarding Croton hirtus L’Hér. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Stirpes Novae aut Minus Cognitae (1785)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1786)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones (1831)
· Archiv fur Naturgeschichte (1841)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1866)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1948)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1949)
· Harvard Papers in Botany (2005)

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