Taxonomy of Croton

The sections and subsections of the genus Croton:

  1. sect. Cleodora (Klotzsch) Baill.
  2. sect. Cyclostigma Griseb.
    1. susbsect. Cyclostigma (Griseb.) Müll. Arg.
    2. subsect. Sampatik G.L. Webster
    3. subsect. Palanostigma Mart. Ex Baill.


  1. sect. Klotzschiphytum (Baill.) Baill.
  2. sect. Eutropia (Klotzsch) Baill.
  3. sect. Luntia (Raf.) G.L. Webster
    1. subsect. Cuneati G.L. Webster
    2. subsect. Matourenses G.L. Webster


  1. sect Eluteria Griseb.
  2. sect. Croton
  3. sect. Ocalia (Klotzsch) Baill.
  4. sect. Corylocroton G.L.Webster
  5. sect. Anadenocroton G.L.Webster
  6. sect. Tiglium (Klotzsch) Baill.
  7. sect. Quadrilobus Müll. Arg.
  8. sect. Cascarilla Griseb.
  9. sect. Velamea Baill.
  10. sect. Andrichnia Baill.
  11. sect. Anisophyllum Baill.
  12. sect. Furcaria Boivin ex Baill.
  13. sect. Monguia Baill.
  14. sect. Decapetalon Müll. Arg.
  15. sect. Podostachys (Klotzsch) Baill.
  16. sect. Octolobium Chodat & Hassl.
  17. sect. Geiseleria (Klotzsch) Baill.
  18. sect. Pilinophyton (Klotzsch) A. Gray
  19. sect. Eremocarpus (Benth.) G.L.Webster
  20. sect. Gynamblosis (Torr.) A. Gray
  21. sect. Crotonopsis (Michx.) G.L.Webster
  22. sect. Argyrocroton (Müll. Arg.)G.L.Webster
  23. sect. Lamprocroton (Müll. Arg.) Pax
  24. sect. Julocroton (Mart.) G.L.Webster
  25. sect. Adenophyllum Griseb.
  26. sect. Barhamia (Klotzsch) Baill.
  27. sect. Decalobium Müll. Arg.
  28. sect. Micranthis Baill.
  29. sect. Medea (Klotzsch)Baill.
  30. sect. Lasiogyne (Klotzsch) Baill.
  31. sect. Argyroglossum Baill.
  32. sect. Astraeopsis Baill.
  33. sect. Codonacalyx Klotzsch ex Baill.
  34. sect. Astraea (Klotzsch) Baill.
  35. sect. Drepadenium (Raf.) Müll. Arg.

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