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Claoxylon

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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, Hawaii, and Australia. Half of the species are in Malesia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Fiji
Observations recorded17,913

General: and grassy secondary growth; from lowlands up to c. 3000 m (Claoxylon

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,097
With media
1,030
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Collections
NY, US, A
Recorded in
Indonesia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Euphorbiaceae
Image
Starr 051217-5747 Claoxylon sandwicense.jpg
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Commons category
Claoxylon
taxon name
Claoxylon
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Claoxylon
taxon common name
白桐树属
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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, Hawaii, and Australia. Half of the species are in Malesia.

==Species== , the following 118 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online: ===A===

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