Croton Thomasii Riina & P. E. Berry (Euphorbiaceae), a New Species from the Atlantic Forest in the State of Bahia (Brazil) and Typification of Croton Sapiifolius Müll. Arg.

RIINA, R., I. CORDEIRO, A. M. AMORIM & P. E. BERRY (2010). Croton thomasii Riina & P. E. Berry (Euphorbiaceae), a new species from the Atlantic Forest in the State of Bahia (Brazil) and typification of Croton sapiifolius Müll. Arg. Candollea 65: 101–107. In English, English and French abstracts.Croton thomasii Riina & P. E. Berry (Euphorbiaceae), a new tree species from the Atlantic forest of southern Bahia, Brazil, is described and illustrated. It is compared with Croton sapiifolius Müll. Arg., previously known only from the type collection, for which a detailed description and a first illustration are given. A lectotype is designated for Croton sapiifolius. Taxonomical affinities of these two species are also briefly discussed using both morphological and molecular data.