Identification: Help requested

This type of plant has now cropped up again elsewhere on www
It has been driving me dotty.
From the tip of the older leaves a whippy new growth carries another young leaf.
Nepenthes have such whips but they have the spathes on the end.

Please can someone put me out of my misery and tell me what it really is?

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=http...nw=184&start=0&ndsp=1&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:75

 

It seems to go under the moniker of Codiaeum "Mother and Daughters" or something similar. The official botanical name is elusive.

 

Many many thanks Junglekeeper.
I knew someone here would be able to help.

 

You're welcome. Please report back if you find a more scientific name for it.

 

There are some old threads on this plant:

• Identification: - Another Houseplant for Identification | UBC Botanical Garden Forums
• Identification: - Need Help To Identify my Plant | UBC Botanical Garden Forums
• Identification: - Need plant ID | UBC Botanical Garden Forums

Some names associated with this plant:

• Codiaeum variegatum 'Interruptum'
• Codiaeum variegatum f. appendiculatum
• Codiaeum variegatum var. pictum f. appendiculatum

Some or all are synonyms of Codiaeum variegatum var. variegatum. A definitive name is still elusive.

 

hi,

there are two similar varieties.

For more "scientificy" sounding names than "Mother and Daughter Croton" you could use:

Codiaeum interruptum
Codiaeum appendiculatum

I believe that these varieties arose in culture, but I am not sure of the proper nomenclature /format
Croton 'interruptum' ??

boa sorte

Brian

 

Thank you Junglekeeper and bjo.
Extra info is interesting.

 

If they arose in cultivation, they aren't species, they're cultivars or cultivar groups, so:

Codiaeum variegatum 'Interruptum' or Codiaeum variegatum Interruptum Group
Codiaeum variegatum 'Appendiculatum' or Codiaeum variegatum Appendiculatum Group

If they are invariably vegetatively reproduced, then they are all one clone, and therefore a cultivar; if several similar clones exist produced from seedlings, then they are cultivar groups.

 

Hi, I need help identifying a plant my grandma used to have hanging in her kitchen, it will not let me post a "New Thread" so I am not sure how to ask.. any ideas? Thanks!