Biology:Codiaeum
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| 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. |
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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]
- formerly included[1]
moved to other genera: Austrobuxus Baloghia Blachia Fontainea Sphyranthera Trigonostemon
References
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- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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". http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:427826.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q135027 entry
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