Codiaeum is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824.[2][3] It is native to insular Southeast Asia, northern Australia[4] and Papuasia.[1][5]
| Codiaeum | |
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| Codiaeum variegatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Codiaeae |
| Genus: | Codiaeum A.Juss. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
They are shrubs with leathery leaves and often confused with the genus Croton. Some species, especially Codiaeum variegatum, are cultivated as houseplants.[6]
- Species[1]
- Codiaeum affine - Banggi
- Codiaeum bractiferum - Lesser Sundas, Maluku
- Codiaeum ciliatum - Philippines
- Codiaeum finisterrae - NE New Guinea
- Codiaeum hirsutum - Philippines
- Codiaeum ludovicianum - Louisiade
- Codiaeum luzonicum - Philippines
- Codiaeum macgregorii - Philippines
- Codiaeum megalanthum - Philippines
- Codiaeum membranaceum - Cape York Pen
- Codiaeum oligogynum - New Caledonia
- Codiaeum palawanense - Palawan
- Codiaeum peltatum - New Caledonia incl Loyalty
- Codiaeum stellingianum - Kai Is, New Guinea
- Codiaeum tenerifolium - New Guinea
- Codiaeum trichocalyx - Luzon
- Codiaeum variegatum - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck, Solomon, Fiji
- Formerly included[1]
moved to other genera: Austrobuxus Baloghia Blachia Fontainea Sphyranthera Trigonostemon
- C. alternifolium - Baloghia alternifolia
- C. andamanicum - Blachia andamanica
- C. aurantiacum - Trigonostemon aurantiacus
- C. balansae - Baloghia balansae
- C. brongniartii - Baloghia brongniartii
- C. bureavii - Baloghia bureavii
- C. carunculatum - Austrobuxus carunculatus
- C. deplanchei - Baloghia deplanchei
- C. drimiflorum - Baloghia drimiflora
- C. inophyllum - Baloghia inophylla
- C. lucidum - Baloghia inophylla
- C. lutescens - Sphyranthera lutescens
- C. montanum - Baloghia montana
- C. pancheri - Fontainea pancheri
- C. pentzii - Blachia pentzii
- C. umbellatum - Blachia umbellata
References
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- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Rumphius, Georg Eberhard. 1824. in Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de , De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 33
- ^ Tropicos, Codiaeum Rumph. ex A. Juss
- ^ "Codiaeum variegatum var. Moluccanum | Atlas of Living Australia". Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Floridata: Codiaeum. Floridata. Accessed June 10, 2012.
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