Cleidion

Cleidion
Cleidion verticillatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Cleidiinae
Genus: Cleidion
Blume
Synonyms
  • Lasiostyles C. Presl
  • Psilostachys Turcz.
  • Redia Casar.
  • Tetraglossa Bedd.

Cleidion is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1826. It is found in tropical and subtropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Species
  1. Cleidion amazonicum – Bolivia, Peru, NW Brazil
  2. Cleidion bracteosum – Vietnam
  3. Cleidion brevipetiolatum – S China, N Indochina
  4. Cleidion capuronii – Madagascar
  5. Cleidion castaneifolium – S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
  6. Cleidion claoxyloides – New Caledonia
  7. Cleidion gabonicum – W + C Africa
  8. Cleidion javanicum – Indian Subcontinent, S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
  9. Cleidion lasiophyllum – New Caledonia
  10. Cleidion lemurum – New Caledonia
  11. Cleidion leptostachyum – Fiji
  12. Cleidion lochmios – New Caledonia
  13. Cleidion luziae – Solomon Islands
  14. Cleidion macarangoides – New Caledonia
  15. Cleidion macrophyllum – New Caledonia
  16. Cleidion marginatum – New Caledonia
  17. Cleidion megistophyllum – Luzon
  18. Cleidion microcarpum – Philippines
  19. Cleidion minahassae – Sulawesi
  20. Cleidion moniliflorum – New Britain
  21. Cleidion neoebudicum – Vanuatu
  22. Cleidion nitidum – S India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands
  23. Cleidion papuanum – Papuasia
  24. Cleidion ramosii – Philippines
  25. Cleidion sessile – Palau
  26. Cleidion spathulatum – New Caledonia
  27. Cleidion taynguyenense – Vietnam
  28. Cleidion tricoccum – Brazil, Bolivia
  29. Cleidion veillonii – New Caledonia
  30. Cleidion velutinum – New Caledonia
  31. Cleidion verticillatum – New Caledonia incl. Îsle des Pins + Loyalty Islands
  32. Cleidion vieillardii – New Caledonia
formerly included

moved to other genera (Acalypha, Acidoton, Adenophaedra, Alchornea, Bocquillonia, Cleidiocarpon, Conceveiba, Macaranga, Orfilea, Plukenetia, Trigonostemon)

  1. C. bishnui – Cleidiocarpon laurinum
  2. C. cafcaf – Orfilea neraudiana
  3. C. coriaceum – Macaranga coriacea
  4. C. denticulatum – Adenophaedra grandifolia
  5. C. lutescens – Macaranga lutescens
  6. C. mannii – Plukenetia conophora
  7. C. nicaraguense – Acidoton nicaraguensis
  8. C. platystigma – Bocquillonia codonostylis
  9. C. praealtum – Conceveiba praealta
  10. C. preussii – Plukenetia conophora
  11. C. spiciflorum – Acalypha spiciflora
  12. C. tenuispica – Macaranga vieillardii
  13. C. ulmifolium – Alchornea ulmifolia
  14. C. xyphophylloides – Trigonostemon xyphophylloides
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