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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Croton punctatus
|accepted_authority=Jacquin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Collectanea
|place=1: 166. 1787
|year=1787
}}
|common_names=Beach tea;gulf croton;hierba de jabalí
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Croton disjunctiflorus
|authority=Michaux
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. maritimus
|authority=Walter
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. plukenetii
|authority=Geiseler
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Croton;Croton punctatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Croton]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Croton punctatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 207, 208, 209
|treatment_page=page 222
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 3–10 dm, monoecious or sometimes appearing dioecious. <b>Stems</b> trichotomously branching, stellate-hairy to stellate-lepidote. <b>Leaves</b> not clustered; stipules absent; petiole 1–4 cm, 1/2 to equal blade length, glands absent at apex; blade broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 2–5 × 1.5–4 cm, much less than 2 times as long as wide, base rounded to truncate, margins entire, apex obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface pale grayish green, stellate-lepidote, adaxial surface slightly darker green, stellate-lepidote. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual or bisexual, racemes, 1–4 cm, staminate flowers 3–7, pistillate flowers 1–3. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 2–4 mm, pistillate 0–1 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5–6, 2.5 mm, abaxial surface stellate-lepidote; petals 0; stamens 10–13. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 5, equal, 3–3.5 mm, margins entire, apex incurved, abaxial surface stellate-lepidote; petals 0; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, 1–2 mm, multifid, terminal segments 12–24. <b>Capsules</b> 5–8 × 7–9 mm, smooth; columella 3-winged. <b>Seeds</b> 4.5–6 × 3.7–4.5 mm, dull. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Beaches, dunes.
|elevation=0–20 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;e Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|discussion=<p>A report of <i>Croton punctatus</i> from Pennsylvania apparently was based on a transient appearance on ballast (E. T. Wherry et al. 1979).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Croton punctatus
|author=
|authority=Jacquin
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Croton disjunctiflorus;C. maritimus;C. plukenetii
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Beaches, dunes.
|elevation=0–20 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;e Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Collectanea
|publication year=1787
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_13.xml
|genus=Croton
|species=Croton punctatus
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