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CODIAEUM * Jussieu 



CODIAEUM VARI EGATUM (Linn.) Blume Bijdr. (1825) 606. 



Croton variegatus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1199 (type!). 



Codiaeum simplex (chrysosticton ) Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 65, t. 25. 

 Amboina. Wae and Soja, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 3^8, 3^9, October 

 and November, 1913, cultivated and on coral hillsides at low altitudes, 

 locally known as kodiho. Additional specimens, perhaps referable to one 

 or the other of the numerous forms described by Rumphius are Robinson 

 PI. Rumph. Amb. 3J+3, 3UU, 3^5, from cultivated plants, Soja. October 24, 

 1913, all sterile. 



Croton variegatus Linn, is one of the few species published in 

 the first edition of the Species Plantarum that were based entirely 

 on Rumphius. It is typified by Codiaeum chrysosticton Rumph., 

 Herb. Amb. 4: 65, t. 25. Here Linnaeus also reduced, as varie- 

 ties, Codiaeum taeniosum Rumph., 1. c. 68, t. 26, and Codiaeum 

 silvestre Rumph., 1. c. 69, t. 27, the latter, however, belonging 

 with Codiaeum bractiferum Roxb. These reductions were re- 

 peated in the later writings of Linnaeus, Stickman Herb. Amb. 

 (1754) 16, Amoen. Acad. 4 (1759) 126, Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 

 1275, Sp. PL ed. 2 (1763) 1424, and were generally accepted by 

 later authors. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 76, has reduced 

 many of the numerous forms characterized by Rumphius to 

 varieties of Codiaeum variegatum (Linn.) Blume, but the distinc- 

 tions between the very numerous varieties and forms of this 

 polymorphous species are vague and unsatisfactory. The forms 

 characterized by Rumphius are as follows : 



Codiaeum chrysosticton medium. 

 Codiaeum chrysosticton latifolium. 

 Codiaeum chrysosticton angustifolium 

 Codiaeum chrysosticton medium rubrum. 

 Codiaeum chrysosticton rubro-maculatum. 

 Codiaeum erythrosticton parvifolium. 

 Codiaeum nigrum medium. 

 Codiaeum nigrum minus. 

 Codiaeum parvifolium viride. 



CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM (Linn.) Blume f. TAENIOSUM Muell.-Arg. in 



DC. Prodr. 15 2 (1866) 1120. 

 Codiaeum taeniosum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 68, t. 26, f. 1. 



Amboina, Soja, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 346, 3U7, October 24, 1913, 

 cultivated, altitude about 300 meters. 



A narrow-leaved form of Codiaeum variegatum (Linn.) Blume, 

 originally placed by Linnaeus as var. p Sp. PI. (1753) 1199. 

 Rumphius describes two forms under Codiaeum taeniosum, lu- 



* Retained name, Vienna Code; Phyllaurea Lour. (1790) is older. 



