Codiaeum

Croton ( Codiaeum variegatum )

The genus Codiaeum is a genus within derr family of Euphorbiaceae ( Euphorbiaceae ). There are known about 15 to 17 species. Known as an ornamental plant is the croton ( Codiaeum variegatum ), also known as miracle shrub.

Description

Codiaeum species grow as shrubs or rarely trees. The plant contains a colorless, slightly toxic milky sap. The alternate, stalked leaves are simple or sinuate, coriaceous, glabrous and often multicolored. Stipules are small or absent.

Codiaeum species are monoecious ( monoecious ), rarely dioecious ( dioecious ) getrenntgeschlechtig. They are slender, axillary, racemose inflorescences, which are available individually or in pairs in the leaf axils, often hanging over. The five-fold ( rarely three - or sixfold ) flowers are always unisexual. There are five ( rarely three or six) sepals and petals present in a flower. The petals are small, they can be absent. Male flowers contain many (15 to 100) free stamens. In the female flowers three carpels are fused into an ovary, with only one ovule per subject. The fruit capsules have a diameter of about 9 mm.

All plant parts are poisonous.

Dissemination

Natural deposits are found in: Malaysia, Bali, Irian Jaya, Java, the Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Australia (in Queensland) and Polynesia.

System

The genus Codiaeum 1824 by Georg Eberhard Rumphius in Adrien -Henri de Jussieu: De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis Aeneid illustratum 18, pp. 33 drawn up. Type species is Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss .. Codiaeum Rumph. ex A. Juss. nom. cons. accordance with the rules of the ICBN ( Vienna ICBN Art 14.4 & App. III) conserved compared to the synonym Phyllaurea Lour. nom. rej .. Other synonyms for Codiaeum Rumph. ex A. Juss. are: .. . Crozophyla Raf, Junghuhnia Miq, Synaspisma Endl ) The generic name derives from the Greek word Codiaeum kodeia for " head of the poppy " from.

The genus belongs to the tribe Codiaeum Codiaeeae in the subfamily Crotonoideae within the Euphorbiaceae family.

In the genus Codiaeum there are about 15 to 17 species:

• Codiaeum affine Merr. This endemic species is found only on the island of Pulau belonging to Sabah Banggi.
• Codiaeum bractiferum ( Roxb. ) Merr. ( Syn: Croton bractiferus Roxb, Codiaeum brevistylum Pax & K.Hoffm. . ): It occurs in the Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku.
• Codiaeum ciliatum Merr. It occurs in the Philippines.
• Finis terrae codiaeum Pax & K.Hoffm. It occurs in north-eastern New Guinea.
• Codiaeum hirsutum Merr. It occurs in the Philippines.
• Codiaeum ludovicianum Airy Shaw: This endemic species is found only on the Louisiade archipelago.
• Codiaeum luzonicum Merr. It occurs in the Philippines.
• Codiaeum macgregorii Merr. It occurs in the Philippines.
• Codiaeum megalanthum Merr. It occurs in the Philippines.
• Codiaeum membranaceum S.Moore: This endemic species is found only on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
• Codiaeum oligogynum McPherson: It occurs only in the northwestern New Caledonia.
• Codiaeum palawanense Elmer: This endemic species is found only on Palawan.
• Codiaeum peltatum ( Labill. ) PSGreen: It comes in Caledonia, including the Loyalty Islands ago.
• Codiaeum stellingianum Warblers. It occurs on the Kei Islands and New Guinea.
• Codiaeum tenerifolium Airy Shaw: It occurs in New Guinea.
• Codiaeum trichocalyx Merr. This endemic species is found only on Luzon.
• Croton ( Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph ex A.Juss. . ): Codiaeum variegatum var cavernicola Kiev & Welzen: It occurs only in Sabah.
• Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss. var variegatum: It is distributed from eastern Java, Celebes, Irian Jaya, Little Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines on the northern Queensland to Fiji and Vanuatu.

Pictures

Croton ( Codiaeum variegatum ):

So beautifully colored leaves are just at a nursing outdoors or greenhouse.

Male inflorescence

Male inflorescence

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