Family: Euphorbiaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
The name
C. lucidus was previously applied to this species in the Bahamas and elsewhere in the West Indies;
C. lucidus is endemic to Jamaica. For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.
Synonyms:
Croton bahamensis Desv. ex Ham.;
Croton lucidus of authors, not L.
