Codiaeum

Codiaeum
Codiaeum variegatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Codiaeae
Genus:	Codiaeum A.Juss.
Synonyms [1]
Crozophyla Raf. Junghuhnia Miq. Phyllaurea Lour., rejected name Synaspisma Endl.

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]}

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]

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 ^[1]

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. 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.