# Claoxylon

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

## Species

As of December 2024, the following 118 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online:

### A

* Claoxylon abbreviatum J.J.Sm.
* Claoxylon affine Zoll. & Moritzi
* Claoxylon albicans (Blanco) Merr.
* Claoxylon albiflorum Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon ambrense McPherson
* Claoxylon angustifolium Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon anomalum Hook.f.
* Claoxylon arboreum Elmer
* Claoxylon attenuatum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon australe Baill.

### B

* Claoxylon bicarpellatum K.Schum. & Lauterb.
* Claoxylon biciliatum Guillaumin
* Claoxylon brachyandrum Pax & K.Hoffm.

### C

* Claoxylon capillipes Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon carinatum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon carolinianum Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon carrii Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon centenarium Koidz.
* Claoxylon colfsii Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon collenettei L.Riley
* Claoxylon coriaceolanatum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon crassipes Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon crassivenium Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon cuneatum J.J.Sm.

### D

* Claoxylon decaryanum Leandri
* Claoxylon dipulvinum Setiawan
* Claoxylon dolichostachyum Cordem.

### E

* Claoxylon echinospermum Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon ellipticum Merr.
* Claoxylon erythrophyllum Miq.
* Claoxylon euphorbioides (Elmer) Merr.
* Claoxylon extenuatum Airy Shaw

### F

* Claoxylon fallax Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon flavum Scott Elliot
* Claoxylon fulvescens Airy Shaw

### G

* Claoxylon gillisonii Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon glabrifolium Miq.
* Claoxylon glandulosum Boivin ex Baill.
* Claoxylon goodenoviense Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon grandifolium (Poir.) Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon gymnadenum Airy Shaw

### H

* Claoxylon hainanense Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon hillii Benth.
* Claoxylon hirsutellum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon hosei (Merr.) Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon humbertii Leandri

### I

* Claoxylon indicum (Reinw. ex Blume) Hassk.
* Claoxylon insigne Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon insulanum Müll.Arg.

### K

* Claoxylon kaievskii Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon khasianum Hook.f.
* Claoxylon kinabaluense Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon kingii Hook.f. ex Ridl.

### L

* Claoxylon lambiricum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon langbiangense A.Nagah. & Tagane
* Claoxylon ledermannii Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon linostachys Baill.
* Claoxylon longifolium (Blume) Endl. ex Hassk.
* Claoxylon longipetiolatum Kurz
* Claoxylon longiracemosum Hosok.
* Claoxylon lutescens Pax & K.Hoffm.

### M

* Claoxylon macranthum Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon mananarense Leandri
* Claoxylon marianum Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon medullosum Baill.
* Claoxylon microcarpum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon monoicum Baill.
* Claoxylon montanum Whistler
* Claoxylon muscisilvae Airy Shaw

### N

* Claoxylon neoebudicum (Guillaumin) Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon nervosum Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon nigtanig Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon nubicola Airy Shaw

### O

* Claoxylon oblanceolatum (Merr.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon oliganthum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon ooumuense Fosberg & Sachet

### P

* Claoxylon papuae Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon parviflorum A.Juss.
* Claoxylon paucinerve Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon perrieri Leandri
* Claoxylon physocarpum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon platyphyllum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon porphyrostemon Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon praetermissum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon pseudoinsulanum Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon psilogyne Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon pubescens Quisumb.
* Claoxylon purpureum Merr.
* Claoxylon putii Airy Shaw

### R

* Claoxylon racemiflorum Baill.
* Claoxylon raymondianum Leandri
* Claoxylon rostratum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon rubescens Miq.
* Claoxylon rubrivenium Pax & K.Hoffm.

### S

* Claoxylon salicinum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon salomonense Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon samoense Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon sanctae-crucis Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon sandwicense Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon sarasinorum Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon scabratum (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon setosum Coode
* Claoxylon spathulatum Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon stapfianum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon stylosum McPherson
* Claoxylon subbullatum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon subsessiliflorum Croizat
* Claoxylon subviride Elmer

### T

* Claoxylon taitense Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon tenerifolium (F.Muell. ex Baill.) F.Muell.
* Claoxylon tenuiflorum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon tetracoccum Airy Shaw
* Claoxylon tsaratananae Leandri

### V

* Claoxylon velutinum J.J.Sm.
* Claoxylon vitiense Gillespie

### W

* Claoxylon wallichianum Müll.Arg.
* Claoxylon warburgianum Pax & K.Hoffm.
* Claoxylon winkleri Pax & K.Hoffm.

## Formerly included

Moved to other genera (Acalypha, Croton, Discoclaoxylon, Erythrococca, Lobanilia, Macaranga, Mallotus, Micrococca, Orfilea)
* C. africanum - Erythrococca africana
* C. angolense - Erythrococca angolense
* C. atrovirens - Erythrococca atrovirens
* C. bakerianum - Lobanilia bakeriana
* C. barteri - Erythrococca africana
* C. beddomei - Micrococca beddomei
* C. capense - Micrococca capensis
* C. chevalieri - Erythrococca chevalieri
* C. columnare - Erythrococca columnaris
* C. cordifolium - Mallotus oppositifolius
* C. deflersii - Erythrococca abyssinica
* C. dewevrei - Erythrococca dewevrei
* C. digynum - Macaranga digyna
* C. flaccidum - Erythrococca atrovirens
* C. hexandrum - Discoclaoxylon hexandrum
* C. hirsutum - Micrococca wightii var. hirsuta
* C. hirtellum - Lobanilia hirtella
* C. hispidum - Erythrococca hispida
* C. holstii - Micrococca holstii
* C. humblotianum - Micrococca humblotiana
* C. inaequilaterum - Erythrococca atrovirens
* C. kirkii - Erythrococca kirkii
* C. lancifolium - Micrococca lancifolia
* C. lasiococcum - Erythrococca trichogyne
* C. leucocarpum - Mallotus leucocarpus
* C. longifolium Baill. 1858, illegitimate homonym, not (Blume) Endl. ex Hassk. 1844 - Micrococca oligandra
* C. luteobrunneum - Lobanilia luteobrunnea
* C. macrophyllum Prain 1911, illegitimate homonym, not Hassk. 1848 - Erythrococca macrophylla
* C. mannii - Erythrococca mannii
* C. membranaceum - Erythrococca membranacea
* C. menyharthii - Erythrococca menyharthii
* C. mercurialis - Micrococca mercurialis
* C. mildbraedii - Erythrococca trichogyne
* C. molleri - Erythrococca molleri
* C. muricatum - Mallotus resinosus
* C. neraudianum - Orfilea neraudiana
* C. occidentale - Discoclaoxylon occidentale
* C. oleraceum - Erythrococca atrovirens
* C. oligandrum - Micrococca oligandra
* C. ovale - Lobanilia ovalis
* C. patulum - Erythrococca patula
* C. pauciflorum Müll.Arg. 1864 not Stapf 1894 - Erythrococca pauciflora
* C. pedicellare Müll.Arg. 1864 not Pax & K.Hoffm. 1914 - Discoclaoxylon pedicellare
* C. poggei - Erythrococca poggei
* C. polyandrum - Erythrococca polyandra
* C. preussii - Discoclaoxylon hexandrum
* C. purpurascens - Erythrococca molleri
* C. reticulatum - Acalypha filiformis
* C. rivulare - Erythrococca rivularis
* C. schweinfurthii - Erythrococca atrovirens
* C. sphaerocarpum - Croton sylvaticus
* C. spiciflorum - Acalypha spiciflora
* C. stipulosum - Mallotus dispar
* C. trichogyne - Erythrococca trichogyne
* C. triste - Erythrococca tristis
* C. virens - Erythrococca menyharthii
* C. volkensii - Micrococca volkensii
* C. welwitschianum - Erythrococca welwitschiana
* C. wightii - Micrococca wightii