Published July 30, 2024 | Version v1
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Claoxylon longifolium Baillon 1858

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal
  • 2. Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal & CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal
  • 3. Science Department, Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
  • 4. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AB, United Kingdom
  • 5. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, University of Leiden, P. O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Description

* Claoxylon longifolium Baillon (1858: 493)

Ecology: river valleys, evergreen forests; elevation: 200–1000 m (Huaxing & Gilbert 2008).

Distribution: NE India, China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea (Huaxing & Gilbert 2008).

Specimens examined: TimorZippelius, A. s.n. (L [L.2201555]).

Red List Assessment: Least Concern.

Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex de Jussieu var. variegatum: de Jussieu (1824): 80, 111); Müller Argoviensis (1866: 1119, as ‘ genuinum ’)

Codiaeum moluccanum Decaisne (1834: 485); Fawcett (1885: 517).

Ecology: widely cultivated as a house plant for its very brightly coloured foliage (Bingtao & Gilbert 2008).

Distribution: Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia to Oceania; widely introduced (Bingtao & Gilbert 2008).

Specimens examined: Indonesia (Timor Barat): Kupang, [Kupang, 10°10’15” S, 123°36’25” E], April 1803, Brown, R. s.n. (BM [BM015176365]); South Central Timor, [Bila, 9°41’56” S, 124°15’03” E], {Oemanas, Bila}, 14 March 1969, Kooy, C. W. 693 (L [L.2207589]); [Bone, 9°47’48” S, 124°27’38” E], 3 July 1965, Kooy, C. W. 252 (L [L.2207594]); [Nasimetan, 9°43’45” S, 124°07’29” E], {Naismetan}, 6 January 1969, Kooy, C. W. 612 (L [L.2207581]); 7 May 1934, de Voogd, C. N. A. 1768 (L [L.2207573]); Timor — 7 May 1934, de Voogd, C. N. A. 1768 (L [L.2207574]); Spanoghe, J. B. s.n. (L [L.2207579]); Spanoghe, J. B. s.n. (L [L.2207583]); Spanoghe, J. B. s.n. (L [L.2207584]); Unknown s.n. (L [L.2207575]); Unknown s.n. (L [L.2207576]); Unknown s.n. (L [L.2207578]); Zippelius, A. s.n. (L [L.2207577]); Unknown s.n. (P [P00230024]); Unknown s.n. (P [P00230025]); Riedlé, A. s.n. (P [P00230026]); Timor Leste: Baucau, Legumau, 26 km WSW of Los Palos, [8°33’45” S, 126°45’54” E], 18 October 2005, Trainor, C. 23 (L [L.3799844]); [Baucau, 8°28’33” S, 126°27’23” E], 16 December 1953, van Steenis, C. G. G. J. 18041 (BM [BM015176364], L [L.2207571]); Díli, Atauro Island, c. 2 km SE Adara, [8°13’05” S, 125°34’50” E], 18 May 2015, Cowie, I.D. & Santana F. 13892 (L [L.3978102]); Lautém, c. 6 km west of Lore, [8°40’06” S, 126°57’56” E], 23 February 2006, Cowie, I.D. 10900 (L [L.2202543]); track to Com, [8°22’56” S, 127°04’05” E], 8 October 2005, Cowie, I.D. 10872 (L [L.2202542]).

Red List Assessment: Least Concern.

Notes

Published as part of Simão, Inês F., Silveira, Paulo C., Wajer, Jacek, Schuiteman, André & Welzen, Peter Van, 2024, Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families, pp. 123-149 in Phytotaxa 661 (2) on page 129, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13218376

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References

  • Baillon, H. E. (1858) Etude Generale du Groupe de Euphorbiacees. Libraire de Victor Masson, Paris, 684 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 50439
  • Huaxing, Q. & Gilbert, M. G. (2008) Claoxylon. Flora of China 11: 245 - 246.
  • de Jussieu, A. (1824) De Euphorbiacearum Generibus. Didot Junioris, Parisiis, 118 pp.
  • Muller Argoviensis, K. (1866) Acalypheae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15 (2): 1 - 1286.
  • Decaisne, P. M. J. (1834) Description d'un herbier de l'ile de Timor. Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 333 - 500.
  • Fawcett, W. (1885) Apetalae. In Forbes, H. O. (Ed.) A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. New York, Harper & brothers, 536 pp.