Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) • Earth.com

Firebush

(Croton gageanus)

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Description

Croton lucidus grows as a small to medium shrub up to 2 m in height. The leaves are arranged alternately, ovate to oblong, with an entire margin and acute leaf apex. The surface has pellucid punctate glands and occasional pubescence. The leaves can have a reddish coloration. The actinomorphic, dioecious flowers are arranged in axillary or terminal racemes. Staminate flowers have 5 unfused, green, ciliate, sepals in the calyx. The corolla has 5 unfused, white petals. There are 12 stamens and no carpel. The carpellate flowers have 5 unfused sepals in the calyx. The corolla has 5 unfused white petals. There are no stamens. The superior ovary has 3 locules.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Euphorbiaceae
Genus:Croton
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