{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Colpfl05.jpg |image_caption = ''Codiaeum variegatum'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Codiaeum |authority = A.Juss. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=n/> |synonyms = *''Crozophyla'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Junghuhnia'' <small>Miq.</small> *''Phyllaurea'' <small>Lour., rejected name</small> *''Synaspisma'' <small>Endl.</small> }}

'''''Codiaeum''''' is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824.<ref>Rumphius, Georg Eberhard. 1824. in Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de , De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 33</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011264 Tropicos, ''Codiaeum'' Rumph. ex A. Juss]</ref> It is native to insular Southeast Asia, northern Australia<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:427826 |title=Codiaeum variegatum var. Moluccanum &#124; Atlas of Living Australia |access-date=2015-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002114123/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:427826 |archive-date=2015-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Papuasia.<ref name=n>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=44696 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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.</ref>

They are shrubs with leathery leaves and often confused with the genus ''Croton''. Some species, especially ''Codiaeum variegatum'', are cultivated as houseplants.<ref>[http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/codi_var.cfm Floridata: Codiaeum]. Floridata. Accessed June 10, 2012.</ref>

;Species<ref name=n/> {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Codiaeum affine'' - Banggi # ''Codiaeum bractiferum'' - Lesser Sundas, Maluku # ''Codiaeum ciliatum'' - Philippines # ''Codiaeum finisterrae'' - NE New Guinea # ''Codiaeum hirsutum'' - Philippines # ''Codiaeum ludovicianum'' - Louisiade # ''Codiaeum luzonicum'' - Philippines # ''Codiaeum macgregorii'' - Philippines # ''Codiaeum megalanthum'' - Philippines # ''Codiaeum membranaceum'' - Cape York Pen # ''Codiaeum oligogynum'' - New Caledonia # ''Codiaeum palawanense'' - Palawan # ''Codiaeum peltatum'' - New Caledonia incl Loyalty # ''Codiaeum stellingianum'' - Kai Is, New Guinea # ''Codiaeum tenerifolium'' - New Guinea # ''Codiaeum trichocalyx'' - Luzon # ''Codiaeum variegatum'' - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck, Solomon, Fiji }}

;Formerly included<ref name=n/> moved to other genera: ''Austrobuxus Baloghia Blachia Fontainea Sphyranthera Trigonostemon'' {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| # C. alternifolium - Baloghia alternifolia # C. andamanicum - Blachia andamanica # C. aurantiacum - Trigonostemon aurantiacus # C. balansae - Baloghia balansae # C. brongniartii - Baloghia brongniartii # C. bureavii - Baloghia bureavii # C. carunculatum - Austrobuxus carunculatus # C. deplanchei - Baloghia deplanchei # C. drimiflorum - Baloghia drimiflora # C. inophyllum - Baloghia inophylla # C. lucidum - Baloghia inophylla # C. lutescens - Sphyranthera lutescens # C. montanum - Baloghia montana # C. pancheri - Fontainea pancheri # C. pentzii - Blachia pentzii # C. umbellatum - Blachia umbellata }}

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Category:Codiaeae Category:Euphorbiaceae genera

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