Croton

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Jalisco

• Locality

  Sierra Las Vigas (Sierra de Tecuán of Luz Villarreal de Puga's labels), along the NW corner of Laguna de Chapala, trail from E end of San Juan Cosalá North to Trojes, 10 km due E of Jocotepec, 41 - 43 km (airline distance) due S of downtown Guadalajara.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1620 m. (5315 ft.)

• Coordinates

  20.3008, -103.306

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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MEXICO: Edo. Jalisco
Croton sp.
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BOTANICAL
Four shrubs at this spot, stems solitary or up to 10 from the base, 2--3 m tall,
1.1—2.0 cm DBH.
Severely disturbed tropical deciduous forest, on somewhat open, S-facing
slopes of old volcanic hills (all basalt) overlooking Laguna de Chapala.
Vegetation at this elevation includes: Ficus, Psidium, Prunus ferruginea,
Heliocarpus terebinthinaceus, Hybanthus attenuatus, Ipomdea intrapilosa,
Solanum refractum, Bouvardia multiflora, Montanoa.
SIERRA LAS VIGAS (Sierra de Tecuán of Luz María Villarreal de Puga’s
labels), along the NW comer of Laguna de Chapala, trail from E end of San
Tuan Cósala North to Trojes, 10 km due E of Jocotepec, 41—43 km (airline
distance) due S of downtown Guadalajara (20°17’51” —20°18’ 15” N,
103°18’H”— 103°18’33” W). Elev. 1620 m.
Theodore S. Cochrane, Miguel Cházaro Basafiez, Daniel T. Aussem, &
Fátima Sánchez Gutiérrez
No.: 12,974	Date: August 4,1993
Field work supported by the Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la
Biodiversidad (IMECBIO), Univ. de Guadalajara, and the Natural History Museums
Council, E.K. and O.N. Allen Herbarium Fund, and Davis Fund, all of the Univ. of
Wisconsin-Madison.
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