Claoxylon is a flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, comprising dioecious subshrubs to small trees. It was first described as a genus in 1824.[2][1] The genus is distributed in paleotropical areas: Madagascar through South and Southeast Asia, Malesia to Melanesia, Hawaiʻi, and Australia. Half of the species are in Malesia. According to a molecular phylogenetic study by Wurdack, Hoffmann & Chase (2005), Claoxylon is sister to Erythrococca (50 species, Africa), and together they form the top of a Hennigian comb-like phylogeny.[3][4]
The genus Claoxylon is usually easily recognizable because the dried leaves in herbariums of most species are rough (few are smooth).
moved to other genera (Acalypha, Croton, Discoclaoxylon, Erythrococca, Lobanilia, Macaranga, Mallotus, Micrococca, Orfilea)
Claoxylon is a flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, comprising dioecious subshrubs to small trees. It was first described as a genus in 1824. The genus is distributed in paleotropical areas: Madagascar through South and Southeast Asia, Malesia to Melanesia, Hawaiʻi, and Australia. Half of the species are in Malesia. According to a molecular phylogenetic study by Wurdack, Hoffmann & Chase (2005), Claoxylon is sister to Erythrococca (50 species, Africa), and together they form the top of a Hennigian comb-like phylogeny.
The genus Claoxylon is usually easily recognizable because the dried leaves in herbariums of most species are rough (few are smooth).
Species Claoxylon abbreviatum - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores, Sulawesi Claoxylon affine - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores Claoxylon albicans - Philippines Claoxylon albiflorum - Bismarck Archipelago Claoxylon angustifolium - Queensland Claoxylon anomalum - Western Ghats of SW India Claoxylon arboreum - Philippines Claoxylon attenuatum - Sabah Claoxylon australe - Queensland, New South Wales Claoxylon bicarpellatum - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon biciliatum - Vanuatu Claoxylon brachyandrum - Philippines, Sabah, Sulawesi Claoxylon capillipes - Papua New Guinea, Flores Claoxylon carinatum - Kalimantan Timur Claoxylon carolinianum - Caroline Islands Claoxylon carrii - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon centenarium - Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands) Claoxylon colfsii - Sumbawa Claoxylon collenettei - Rapa-Iti Claoxylon coriaceolanatum - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon crassipes - Philippines Claoxylon crassivenium - Philippines Claoxylon cuneatum - Western New Guinea Claoxylon decaryanum - Madagascar Claoxylon dolichostachyum - Réunion Claoxylon echinospermum - Fiji Claoxylon ellipticum - Philippines Claoxylon erythrophyllum - E Indonesia Claoxylon euphorbioides - Philippines Claoxylon extenuatum - Bougainville Claoxylon fallax - Fiji, Tonga Claoxylon flavum - Madagascar Claoxylon fulvescens - Papua New Guinea, Sulawesi Claoxylon gillisonii - Vanuatu Claoxylon glabrifolium - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores Claoxylon glandulosum - Réunion Claoxylon goodenoviense - D'Entrecasteaux Islands †Claoxylon grandifolium - Mauritius, Réunion but extinct Claoxylon gymnadenum - Bougainville Claoxylon hainanense - Hainan Claoxylon hillii - New Guinea, N Australia Claoxylon hirsutellum - Kalimantan Timur Claoxylon hosei - Sarawak Claoxylon humbertii - Madagascar Claoxylon indicum - S China, SE Asia, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Christmas Island Claoxylon insigne - Sarawak Claoxylon insulanum - New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands Claoxylon kaievskii - Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands Claoxylon khasianum - West Bengal, Bangladesh, Assam Claoxylon kinabaluense - Sabah Claoxylon kingii - S Thailand, Perak Claoxylon kotoense - Taiwan Claoxylon lambiricum - Sarawak Claoxylon ledermannii - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon linostachys - Mauritius Claoxylon longifolium - Assam, SE Asia, New Guinea, Caroline Islands Claoxylon longipetiolatum - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar Claoxylon longiracemosum - Palau Claoxylon lutescens - New Guinea Claoxylon macranthum - Mauritius, Madagascar Claoxylon mananarense - Madagascar Claoxylon marianum - Mariana Islands Claoxylon medullosum - Madagascar Claoxylon microcarpum - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon monoicum - Madagascar Claoxylon muscisilvae - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon neoebudicum - Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands, Fiji Claoxylon nervosum - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon nigtanig - Bougainville Claoxylon nubicola - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon oblanceolatum - Philippines Claoxylon oliganthum - Thailand Claoxylon ooumuense - Nuku Hiva Claoxylon papuae - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon parviflorum - Réunion, Rodrigues Island Claoxylon paucinerve - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon perrieri - Madagascar Claoxylon physocarpum - Sumatra Claoxylon platyphyllum - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon porphyrostemon - Papua New Guinea Claoxylon praetermissum - Sabah Claoxylon pseudoinsulanum - Kalimantan Timur Claoxylon psilogyne - Vanuatu Claoxylon pubescens - Philippines Claoxylon purpureum - Philippines, Sulawesi Claoxylon putii - Thailand Claoxylon racemiflorum - Réunion Claoxylon raymondianum - Madagascar Claoxylon rostratum - Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Myanmar Claoxylon rubescens - Lombok, Philippines Claoxylon rubrivenium - Luzon Claoxylon salicinum - Sabah Claoxylon salomonense - Papua New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Solomon Islands Claoxylon samoense - Samoa Claoxylon sanctae-crucis - Santa Cruz Islands Claoxylon sandwicense - Hawaii Claoxylon sarasinorum - Sulawesi Claoxylon scabratum - New Guinea Claoxylon setosum - Réunion Claoxylon spathulatum - Philippines Claoxylon stapfianum - Sarawak, Sabah Claoxylon subbullatum - Sabah Claoxylon subsessiliflorum - Vietnam, Yunnan Claoxylon subviride - Philippines Claoxylon taitense - Society Islands Claoxylon tenerifolium - Queensland Claoxylon tenuiflorum - Aceh Claoxylon tetracoccum - West New Guinea Claoxylon tsaratananae - Madagascar Claoxylon velutinum - Kalimantan Timur Claoxylon vitiense - Fiji Claoxylon wallichianum - Peninsular Malaysia Claoxylon warburgianum - Sulawesi Claoxylon winkleri - Kalimantan Selatan Formerly includedmoved to other genera (Acalypha, Croton, Discoclaoxylon, Erythrococca, Lobanilia, Macaranga, Mallotus, Micrococca, Orfilea)
C. africanum - Erythrococca africana C. angolense - Erythrococca angolense C. atrovirens - Erythrococca atrovirens C. bakerianum - Lobanilia bakeriana C. barteri - Erythrococca africana C. beddomei - Micrococca beddomei C. capense - Micrococca capensis C. chevalieri - Erythrococca chevalieri C. columnare - Erythrococca columnaris C. cordifolium - Mallotus oppositifolius C. deflersii - Erythrococca abyssinica C. dewevrei - Erythrococca dewevrei C. digynum - Macaranga digyna C. flaccidum - Erythrococca atrovirens C. hexandrum - Discoclaoxylon hexandrum C. hirsutum - Micrococca wightii var. hirsuta C. hirtellum - Lobanilia hirtella C. hispidum - Erythrococca hispida C. holstii - Micrococca holstii C. humblotianum - Micrococca humblotiana C. inaequilaterum - Erythrococca atrovirens C. kirkii - Erythrococca kirkii C. lancifolium - Micrococca lancifolia C. lasiococcum - Erythrococca trichogyne C. leucocarpum - Mallotus leucocarpus C. longifolium Baill. 1858, illegitimate homonym, not (Blume) Endl. ex Hassk. 1844 - Micrococca oligandra C. luteobrunneum - Lobanilia luteobrunnea C. macrophyllum Prain 1911, illegitimate homonym, not Hassk. 1848 - Erythrococca macrophylla C. mannii - Erythrococca mannii C. membranaceum - Erythrococca membranacea C. menyharthii - Erythrococca menyharthii C. mercurialis - Micrococca mercurialis C. mildbraedii - Erythrococca trichogyne C. molleri - Erythrococca molleri C. muricatum - Mallotus resinosus C. neraudianum - Orfilea neraudiana C. occidentale - Discoclaoxylon occidentale C. oleraceum - Erythrococca atrovirens C. oligandrum - Micrococca oligandra C. ovale - Lobanilia ovalis C. patulum - Erythrococca patula C. pauciflorum Müll.Arg. 1864 not Stapf 1894 - Erythrococca pauciflora C. pedicellare Müll.Arg. 1864 not Pax & K.Hoffm. 1914 - Discoclaoxylon pedicellare C. poggei - Erythrococca poggei C. polyandrum - Erythrococca polyandra C. preussii - Discoclaoxylon hexandrum C. purpurascens - Erythrococca molleri C. reticulatum - Acalypha filiformis C. rivulare - Erythrococca rivularis C. schweinfurthii - Erythrococca atrovirens C. sphaerocarpum - Croton sylvaticus C. spiciflorum - Acalypha spiciflora C. stipulosum - Mallotus dispar C. trichogyne - Erythrococca trichogyne C. triste - Erythrococca tristis C. virens - Erythrococca menyharthii C. volkensii - Micrococca volkensii C. welwitschianum - Erythrococca welwitschiana C. wightii - Micrococca wightii
