Codiaeum

Codiaeum
Codiaeum variegatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Codiaeum
A.Juss.
Synonyms

Codiaeum is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to insular Southeast Asia, northern Australia and Papuasia.

They are shrubs with leathery leaves and often confused with the genus Croton. Some species, especially Codiaeum variegatum, are cultivated as houseplants.

Species
  1. Codiaeum affine - Banggi
  2. Codiaeum bractiferum - Lesser Sundas, Maluku
  3. Codiaeum ciliatum - Philippines
  4. Codiaeum finisterrae - NE New Guinea
  5. Codiaeum hirsutum - Philippines
  6. Codiaeum ludovicianum - Louisiade
  7. Codiaeum luzonicum - Philippines
  8. Codiaeum macgregorii - Philippines
  9. Codiaeum megalanthum - Philippines
  10. Codiaeum membranaceum - Cape York Pen
  11. Codiaeum oligogynum - New Caledonia
  12. Codiaeum palawanense - Palawan
  13. Codiaeum peltatum - New Caledonia incl Loyalty
  14. Codiaeum stellingianum - Kai Is, New Guinea
  15. Codiaeum tenerifolium - New Guinea
  16. Codiaeum trichocalyx - Luzon
  17. Codiaeum variegatum - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck, Solomon, Fiji
Formerly included

moved to other genera: Austrobuxus Baloghia Blachia Fontainea Sphyranthera Trigonostemon

  1. C. alternifolium - Baloghia alternifolia
  2. C. andamanicum - Blachia andamanica
  3. C. aurantiacum - Trigonostemon aurantiacus
  4. C. balansae - Baloghia balansae
  5. C. brongniartii - Baloghia brongniartii
  6. C. bureavii - Baloghia bureavii
  7. C. carunculatum - Austrobuxus carunculatus
  8. C. deplanchei - Baloghia deplanchei
  9. C. drimiflorum - Baloghia drimiflora
  10. C. inophyllum - Baloghia inophylla
  11. C. lucidum - Baloghia inophylla
  12. C. lutescens - Sphyranthera lutescens
  13. C. montanum - Baloghia montana
  14. C. pancheri - Fontainea pancheri
  15. C. pentzii - Blachia pentzii
  16. C. umbellatum - Blachia umbellata

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Rumphius, Georg Eberhard. 1824. in Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de, De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 33
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Codiaeum Rumph. ex A. Juss
  4. ↑ "Codiaeum variegatum var. Moluccanum | Atlas of Living Australia". Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Floridata: Codiaeum. Floridata. Accessed June 10, 2012.