''Ceodes'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Nyctaginaceae Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a distinctive fr ...

. It includes 20 species which range from the western Indian Ocean islands to Indochina, Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific.

Species

20 species are accepted. *'' Ceodes amplifolia'' – Tubuai Islands *'' Ceodes artensis'' – New Caledonia *'' Ceodes austro-orientalis'' – Tuamotu (Mangareva) and Pitcairn Island *'' Ceodes brownii'' – Marquesas (Nuku Hiva) *''

Ceodes brunoniana ''Ceodes brunoniana'' (synonym ''Pisonia brunoniana'') is a species of flowering tree in the family Nyctaginaceae that is native to northern New Zealand, Australia's Lord Howe Island, and the Hawaiian Islands. The common names in New Zealand are ...

'' – Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands, North Island of New Zealand, and Hawaiian Islands *'' Ceodes cauliflora'' – Timor to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Maluku, and Marianas *'' Ceodes corniculata'' – Maluku and western New Guinea *''

Ceodes coronata ''Ceodes'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It includes 20 species which range from the western Indian Ocean islands to Indochina, Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific. Species 20 species are accepted ...

'' – Tubuai Islands (Rapa Iti) *'' Ceodes diandra'' – New Guinea *'' Ceodes gigantocarpa'' – New Caledonia *''

Ceodes gracilescens ''Ceodes gracilescens'' is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is a tree endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole # ...

'' – Society Islands (Tahiti) *''

Ceodes lanceolata ''Ceodes'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It includes 20 species which range from the western Indian Ocean islands to Indochina, Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific. Species 20 species are accepted ...

'' – Mauritius and Réunion *'' Ceodes longirostris'' – Philippines, Maluku, Lesser Sunda Islands, and Papuasia *''

Ceodes merytifolia ''Ceodes'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It includes 20 species which range from the western Indian Ocean islands to Indochina, Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific. Species 20 species are accepted ...

'' – Samoan Islands *''

Ceodes muelleriana ''Ceodes'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It includes 20 species which range from the western Indian Ocean islands to Indochina, Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific. Species 20 species are accepted ...

'' – New Guinea and Solomon Islands *''

Ceodes rapaensis ''Ceodes'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. It includes 20 species which range from the western Indian Ocean islands to Indochina, Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific. Species 20 species are accepted ...

'' – Tubuai Islands (Rapa Iti) *''

Ceodes sechellarum ''Pisonia sechellarum'' (synonym ''Pisonia sechellarum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Nyctaginaceae. It is indigenous to the Seychelles and Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago. In Seychelles, it is limited to Silhouette Island ...

'' – Mayotte and Seychelles (Silhouette) *''

Ceodes taitensis ''Ceodes taitensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Society Islands of French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governan ...

'' – Society Islands *''

Ceodes umbellifera ''Ceodes umbellifera'', synonym ''Pisonia umbellifera'', commonly known as the birdlime tree or bird catcher tree, is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. The evergreen shrub has soft wood, small pink or yellow flowers, and produces ca ...

'' – Bangladesh to Indochina, Malesia, Taiwan, Ryukuy Islands, Papuasia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific *''

Ceodes wagneriana ''Ceodes wagneriana'', the ''pāpala kēpau'' or Kauai catchbirdtree, is a species of flowering tree in the ''Bougainvillea'' family, Nyctaginaceae, that is endemic to Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss Habita ...

'' – Hawaiian Islands

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16739636 Nyctaginaceae genera Taxa described in 1776 Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster Taxa named by Georg Forster