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Clusioideae

(Subfamily)

Overview

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A Subfamily in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Clusioideae is a member of the Family Guttiferae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Clusioideae:

The Subfamily Clusioideae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Allanblackia

Allanblackia is a genus of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Chrysochlamys

Chrysochlamys is a genus of the family Clusiaceae. [more]

Clusia

Clusia is the of the family Clusiaceae. Comprising 140-150 species, it is native to tropical and subtropical America. Its species are shrubs, vines and small to medium-size trees up to 20 m tall, with evergreen foliage. Some species start life as epiphytes, then developing long roots that descend to the ground and eventually strangle and kill the host tree, in a manner similar to strangler figs. [more]

Decaphalangium

Clusia is the of the family Clusiaceae. Comprising 140-150 species, it is native to tropical and subtropical America. Its species are shrubs, vines and small to medium-size trees up to 20 m tall, with evergreen foliage. Some species start life as epiphytes, then developing long roots that descend to the ground and eventually strangle and kill the host tree, in a manner similar to strangler figs. [more]

Endodesmia

Endodesmia calophylloides is a species of the family Clusiaceae and the sole species comprised in the genus Endodesmia. [more]

Garcinia

Garcinia is a plant genus of the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The genus, with between 50-300 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, is dioecious and several of its elements are apomictic. [more]

Heteropsylla

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Juniperus

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the mountains of Central America. [more]

Montrouziera

Montrouziera is a of plants in the family Clusiaceae, endemic to New Caledonia. As usual in the Clusiaceae, species of this genus are known to contain xanthones. [more]

Moronobea

Moronobea is a genus of the family Clusiaceae. They are glabrous medium to large trees with yellow latex. The genus comprises 7 species, native to South America, 5 of which are in Venezuela. [more]

Pentadesma

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Platonia

Platonia insignis, the sole species of the genus Platonia, is a tree of the family Clusiaceae native to South America in the humid forests of Brazil, Paraguay, parts of Colombia and northeast to Guyana; specially in Amazon Rainforest. Common names include Bacuri (and numerous variant spellings thereof; Bacur?, Bacury, Bakuri, Pacuri, Pakuri, Pakouri, Packoeri, Pakoeri), Maniballi, Naranjillo and Bacurizeiro. [more]

Symphonia

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]

Tovomita

Tovomita is a genus of the family Clusiaceae. They are noted for having white-yellow latex and containing xanthones. There are about 45 species, found in tropical America, 30 of which are in Venezuela. [more]

At least 92 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Tovomita.

More info about the Genus Tovomita may be found here.

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:05:39