Codiaeum is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824.Rumphius, Georg Eberhard. 1824. in Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de, De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 33Tropicos, Codiaeum Rumph. ex A. Juss It is native to insular Southeast Asia, northern Australia and Papuasia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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.
They are shrubs with leathery leaves and often confused with the genus Croton. Some species, especially Codiaeum variegatum, are cultivated as houseplants.Floridata: Codiaeum. Floridata. Accessed June 10, 2012.
Species
Formerly included moved to other genera: Austrobuxus Baloghia Blachia Fontainea Sphyranthera Trigonostemon
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