Hong Kong croton

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Hong Kong croton
Hong Kong Croton (Flower)
Hong Kong Croton (Flower)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Crotoneae
Genus: Croton
Species: C. hancei
Binomial name
Croton hancei
(Benth, 1861)

Hong Kong croton (Croton hancei) is an endemic species of croton to Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, it is a protected species under Forestry Regulations Cap. 96A.

It was discovered by H. F. Hance on Hong Kong Island in 1850s and published by botanist George Bentham as a new species in Flora Hongkongensis in 1861. The species has not been seen again until 21st February 1997, when staff of the Hong Kong Herbarium of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department found an unknown species on a steep slope woodland under the highest peak, Tsing Yi Peak, on the Tsing Yi Island. After confirmed by the experts from South China Institute of Botany, the species Hong Kong Croton was re-discovered for over a century.

The woodland is considered to be a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) of 1.05 hectares for the protection of the endemic Hong Kong croton.

Croton hancei
Croton hancei

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