Ceodes J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2: 141. 1776.

≡ Pisonia sect. Prismatocarpae Heimerl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(1b): 29. 1889. Type (designated by Stemmerik in Blumea 12: 277. 1964): Pisonia umbellifera (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Seem. (≡ Ceodes umbellifera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.), syn. nov.

= Calpidia Thouars, Hist. Vég . Îsles Austral. Afriq. 37, pl. 10. 1804. Type: Calpidia oblonga J.St.-Hil., syn. nov.

= Heimerlia Skottsb., Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 738. 1936 (non Höhn . 1903). Type: Heimerlia brunoniana (Endl.) Skottsb., syn. nov.

= Heimerliodendron Skottsb., Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 35: 364. 1941. Type: Heimerliodendron brunonianum (Endl.) Skottsb., syn. nov.

= Pisonia sect. Paucistaminatae (Heimerl) Stemm., Blumea 12: 277. 1964 ≡ Calpidia sect. Paucistaminatae Heimerl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 16c: 125. 1934. Type (designated by Stemmerik in Blumea 12: 277. 1964): Pisonia longirostris Teijsm. & Binn. (≡ Calpidia longirostris (Teijsm. & Binn.) Heimerl), syn. nov.

= Pisonia sect. Timeroyea (Montrouz.) Heimerl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(1b): 29. 1889, ' Timeroya ' ≡ Timeroyea Montrouz., Mém . Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 10: 247. 1860. Type (designated by Stemmerik in Blumea 12: 277. 1964): Pisonia artensis (Montrouz.) Barg.-Petr. (≡ Timeroyea artensis Montrouz.), syn. nov.

= Vieillardia Brong. & Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 8: 375. 1861 (non Montrouz. 1860). Type: Vieillardia austrocaledonica Brong. & Gris., syn. nov.

Type.

C. umbellifera J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Description.

Habit and phyllotaxy. Dioecious or hermaphroditic trees or shrubs, leaves (sub)opposite or (sub)verticillate clustered at apex of branches.

Inflorescence. Axillary, terminal or occasionally cauliflorous, arranged in compound cymes.

Flowers. Unisexual (with vestiges of another sex) or rarely hermaphrodite, pedicellate, bracteoles absent at the upper portion of the pedicels, perianth campanulate (Fig. 2A, D) to funnel-shaped, stamens 2 to many (> 30), long or shortly exserted (Fig. 2D) and stigma penicillate or less frequently fimbriate, exserted (Fig. 2A).

Anthocarp . Leathery or woody (but never fleshy), ellipsoid, prismatic or fusiform, sometimes with a rostrum at apex (Fig. 3B) and 4-5 longitudinal ribs with inconspicuous sticky glands (Figs 2B, C, 3A-C).

Pollen. Six and 12 colpi geometrically arranged.

Perisperm . Often scarce, gelatinous or mealy.