''Codia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of trees and shrubs in the family

Cunoniaceae Cunoniaceae is a family of 27 genera and about 335 species of woody plants in the order Oxalidales, mostly found in the tropical and wet temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere. The greatest diversity of genera are in Australia and Tasmania ...

. The genus is endemic to

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

in the Pacific and contains 15 species. The

leaves A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, ...

are opposite or whorled, simple, and the margin usually entire. The

flower Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...

s are arranged in capitula. The ovary is inferior. The fruit is indehiscent and is covered with woolly hairs. An extinct species of ''Codia'', ''C. australiensis'', has been found as a fossil in Australia, resembling the juvenile foliage of a living species in the genus. ''Codia'' is most closely related to the Australian ''

Callicoma serratifolia ''Callicoma'' is a plant genus that contains just one species, ''Callicoma serratifolia'', a tall shrub or small tree native to Australia. ''Callicoma serratifolia'' is commonly known as black wattle. One explanation for the name is the similarit ...

''.

List of species

(all endemic to New Caledonia) *'' Codia albicans'' *'' Codia albifrons'' *'' Codia belepensis'' *'' Codia discolor'' *'' Codia ferruginea'' *'' Codia fusca'' *'' Codia incrassata'' *'' Codia jaffrei'' *'' Codia mackeeana'' *'' Codia microphylla'' *'' Codia montana'' *'' Codia nitida'' *'' Codia spatulata'' *'' Codia triverticillata'' *'' Codia xerophila''

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5140285 Cunoniaceae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Oxalidales genera