# Crotonogyne

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***Crotonogyne*** is a [shrub](/source/Shrub) of the [spurge](/source/Spurge) family ([Euphorbiaceae](/source/Euphorbiaceae)) first described as a genus in 1864.[1][2] It is native to western and central [Africa](/source/Africa).[3][4] It is [dioecious](/source/Dioecious).[5]

**Species[3]**

1. *[Crotonogyne angustifolia](/source/Crotonogyne_angustifolia)* Pax - [Gabon](/source/Gabon)
1. *[Crotonogyne caterviflora](/source/Crotonogyne_caterviflora)* N.E.Br. - [Guinea](/source/Guinea), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone), [Liberia](/source/Liberia), [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast)
1. *[Crotonogyne chevalieri](/source/Crotonogyne_chevalieri)* (Beille) Keay - [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast)
1. *[Crotonogyne gabunensis](/source/Crotonogyne_gabunensis)* Pax - [Gabon](/source/Gabon), [Republic of Congo](/source/Republic_of_Congo)
1. *[Crotonogyne giorgii](/source/Crotonogyne_giorgii)* De Wild. - [Republic of Congo](/source/Republic_of_Congo), [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo), [Central African Republic](/source/Central_African_Republic)
1. *[Crotonogyne ikelembensis](/source/Crotonogyne_ikelembensis)* (De Wild.) Prain - [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo)
1. *[Crotonogyne impedita](/source/Crotonogyne_impedita)* Prain - [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)
1. *[Crotonogyne lasiocarpa](/source/Crotonogyne_lasiocarpa)* Prain - [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea)
1. *[Crotonogyne laurentii](/source/Crotonogyne_laurentii)* De Wild. - [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo)
1. *[Crotonogyne ledermanniana](/source/Crotonogyne_ledermanniana)* (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)
1. *[Crotonogyne manniana](/source/Crotonogyne_manniana)* Müll.Arg. - [Guinea](/source/Guinea), [Cabinda Province](/source/Cabinda_Province), [Gabon](/source/Gabon), [São Tomé and Príncipe](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe), [Republic of Congo](/source/Republic_of_Congo), [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo)
1. *[Crotonogyne parvifolia](/source/Crotonogyne_parvifolia)* Prain - [Gabon](/source/Gabon)
1. *[Crotonogyne poggei](/source/Crotonogyne_poggei)* Pax - [Republic of Congo](/source/Republic_of_Congo), [Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo), [Central African Republic](/source/Central_African_Republic)
1. *[Crotonogyne preussii](/source/Crotonogyne_preussii)* Pax - [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)
1. *[Crotonogyne strigosa](/source/Crotonogyne_strigosa)* Prain - [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Republic of Congo](/source/Republic_of_Congo)
1. *[Crotonogyne zenkeri](/source/Crotonogyne_zenkeri)* Pax - [Republic of Congo](/source/Republic_of_Congo), [Central African Republic](/source/Central_African_Republic), [Gabon](/source/Gabon), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)

**Formerly included[3]**

moved to other genera: [Cyrtogonone](/source/Cyrtogonone)

- *Crotonogyne argentea - [Cyrtogonone argentea](/source/Cyrtogonone_argentea)*

## References

1. [Müller Argoviensis, Johannes. 1864. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 47: 535](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56001#page/534/mode/1up) in Latin

1. [Tropicos, *Crotonogyne* Müll. Arg.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016970)

1. [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=51556)

1. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

1. Van Welzen, Peter C. & Stuppy, Wolfgang (1999). ["Phylogenetic Considerations of Euphorbiaceae Tribe Aleuritideae"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/28633). *Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden*. **86** (4): 894–903. [doi:10.2307/2666174](https://doi.org/10.2307/2666174). [JSTOR 2666174](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2666174)

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