Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2634)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2538)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Malpighiales (111)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Croton (6)
Epithet: gratissimus Burch. (1)
Synonyms: Croton amabilis Müll.Arg., Croton antunesii Pax, Croton microbotryus Pax, Croton welwitschianus Müll.Arg., Croton zambesicus Müll.Arg., Oxydectes amabilis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Oxydectes gratissima (Burch.) Kuntze, Oxydectes welwitschiana (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze, Oxydectes zambesica (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
amabilis => lovely
gratissima => gratifying, with great pleasure
gratissimus => gratifying, with great pleasure
welwitschianus => in honor of Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (1806-1872), Austrian explorer and botanist working in Portugal and Angola
zambesica => from the Zambezi river area in south eastern Africa
zambesicus => from the Zambezi river area in south eastern Africa
