Brasiliocroton mamoninha

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iBrasiliocroton mamoninha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Crotoneae
Genus: Brasiliocroton
Species: B. mamoninha
Binomial name
Brasiliocroton mamoninha
P.E.Berry et al.

Brasiliocroton mamoninha is a plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. The plant was first described in 2005 in lowland forests in eastern and northeastern Brazil, whence its name. It was given its own genus (Brasiliocroton).

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