Croton elegans

Croton elegans is a flowering plant species in the genus Croton.

Croton elegans Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 79 (1817), nom. illeg. Croton elliotianus Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 289 (1903), nom. illeg. Croton elliotianus Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 863 (1890). Croton elliottii Chapm., Fl. South. U.S.: 407 (1860). Croton ellipticus A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 2: 212 (1850), nom. illeg. Croton ellipticus Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 648 (1821), sensu auct. More