Cleidion

Genus of flowering plants
title: "Cleidion" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["acalypheae", "euphorbiaceae-genera"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/acalypheae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleidion" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
|image = Cleidion verticillatum photographié sur la colline du Ouen Toro à Nouméa, Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie.jpg |image_caption = Cleidion verticillatum |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Cleidion |authority = Blume |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = *Lasiostyles C. Presl
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
- Cleidion amazonicum – Bolivia, Peru, NW Brazil
- Cleidion bracteosum – Vietnam
- Cleidion brevipetiolatum – S China, N Indochina
- Cleidion capuronii – Madagascar
- Cleidion castaneifolium – S Mexico, Central America, NW South America
- Cleidion claoxyloides – New Caledonia
- Cleidion gabonicum – W + C Africa
- Cleidion javanicum – Indian Subcontinent, S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
- Cleidion lasiophyllum – New Caledonia
- Cleidion lemurum – New Caledonia
- Cleidion leptostachyum – Fiji
- Cleidion lochmios – New Caledonia
- Cleidion luziae – Solomon Islands
- Cleidion macarangoides – New Caledonia
- Cleidion macrophyllum – New Caledonia
- Cleidion marginatum – New Caledonia
- Cleidion megistophyllum – Luzon
- Cleidion microcarpum – Philippines
- Cleidion minahassae – Sulawesi
- Cleidion moniliflorum – New Britain
- Cleidion neoebudicum – Vanuatu
- Cleidion nitidum – S India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands
- Cleidion papuanum – Papuasia
- Cleidion ramosii – Philippines
- Cleidion sessile – Palau
- Cleidion spathulatum – New Caledonia
- Cleidion taynguyenense – Vietnam
- Cleidion tricoccum – Brazil, Bolivia
- Cleidion veillonii – New Caledonia
- Cleidion velutinum – New Caledonia
- Cleidion verticillatum – New Caledonia incl. Îsle des Pins + Loyalty Islands
- Cleidion vieillardii – New Caledonia }}
;formerly included moved to other genera (Acalypha, Acidoton, Adenophaedra, Alchornea, Bocquillonia, Cleidiocarpon, Conceveiba, Macaranga, Orfilea, Plukenetia, Trigonostemon)
- C. bishnui – Cleidiocarpon laurinum
- C. cafcaf – Orfilea neraudiana
- C. coriaceum – Macaranga coriacea
- C. denticulatum – Adenophaedra grandifolia
- C. lutescens – Macaranga lutescens
- C. mannii – Plukenetia conophora
- C. nicaraguense – Acidoton nicaraguensis
- C. platystigma – Bocquillonia codonostylis
- C. praealtum – Conceveiba praealta
- C. preussii – Plukenetia conophora
- C. spiciflorum – Acalypha spiciflora
- C. tenuispica – Macaranga vieillardii
- C. ulmifolium – Alchornea ulmifolia
- C. xyphophylloides – Trigonostemon xyphophylloides }}
References
References
- Blume, C. L.. (1825). "Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië". Ter Lands Drukkerij.
- "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
- "Cleidion in Flora of China @ efloras.org".
- Kulju, K.K.M. & Van Welzen, P.C. (2005). Revision of the Genus ''Cleidion'' (Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia. Blumea 50: 197–219.
- 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.
- "Archived copy".
- Martínez Gordillo, M., J. J. Ramírez, R. C. Durán, E. J. Arriaga, R. García, A. Cervantes & R. M. Hernández. 2002. Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica 73(2): 155–281.
- Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(3): 1087–1144
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