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Internal ID UUID644036e273aa3197836235
Scientific name Croton pottsii
Authority (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.
First published in Prodr. 15(2): 561 (1866)

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Croton pottsii, also known as leatherweed, is a plant species found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a perennial plant with dusty green leaves and unisexual or bisexual flowers that do not have petals. The plant is named after John Potts, the manager of the Chihuahua Mint.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lasiogyne pottsii Klotzsch Bot. Voy. Herald : 278 (1856)
Oxydectes pottsii (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891)
Croton corymbulosoides Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts Kew Bull. 52(1): 186. 1997 [26 Mar 1997]
Croton corymbulosus Engelm. Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 242. 1879 (1879)
Croton eremophilus Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 144 (1913)

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English leatherweed

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Name Authority First published in
Croton pottsii var. pottsii Unknown
Croton pottsii var. thermophilus (M.C.Johnst.) M.C.Johnst. S. W. Naturalist 5: 171 (1960)

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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000932060
USDA Plants CRPO5
Tropicos 12800015
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1034269-2
The Plant List kew-50897
Open Tree Of Life 693767
NCBI Taxonomy 504238
Nature Serve 2.127885
IPNI 1034269-2
iNaturalist 161168
GBIF 3059017
EOL 1146710
USDA GRIN 432403
Wikipedia Croton_pottsii

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Medicinal Plants from Latin America with Wound Healing Activity: Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry, Preclinical and Clinical Studies—A Review Salazar-Gómez A, Alonso-Castro AJ Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 31-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9505834
doi:10.3390/ph15091095
PMID:36145316

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