List of Clusiaceae genera

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Delineation of plant family Clusiaceae, and the subdivisions within the family, have been much revised over the past few decades.

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Accepted genera

18 genera are currently accepted: [1]

Classification

The family Clusiaceae was divided by Cronquist into 2 subfamilies: the Clusioideae (typical subfamily) and the Hypericoideae. The latter was often treated as a family - the Hypericaceae or St. John's wort family. Elements of the Hypericoideae are more common in North temperate areas and those of the Clusioideae are centered in the Tropics.

Later classifications however divide the family in a finer way. The taxonomy below mostly follows that of Stevens. [2] [3] Molecular studies have shown that the family Podostemaceae - the riverweeds - as well as the Theaceae-segregate Bonnetiaceae need to be included in this group. Their inclusions make Clusiaceae in a wide-sense polyphyletic, and Stevens's subfamilies need to be recognised at family level: Clusioideae as Clusiaceae sensu stricto; Hypericoideae as Hypericaceae; and Kielmeyeroideae as Calophyllaceae. [4]


Subfamily Clusioideae

Synonyms are in parentheses:

Tribe Clusieae [5]
  • Chrysochlamys Poepp. (BalboaPlanch. & Triana, CommirhoeaMiers, and PoecilostemonTriana & Planch.)
  • Clusia (Androstylium, Cochlanthera, Decaphalangium, Havetia, Havetiopsis, Oedematopus, Oxystemon, Pilosperma, Quapoya, Renggeria, Rengifa, etc.)
  • Dystovomita (Engl.) D’Arcy
  • Tovomita Aubl. (ArawakiaL.Marinho, BeauharnoisiaRuiz & Pav., EuthalesF.Dietr.MarialvaVand., MicrantheraChoisy, and TovomitidiumDucke)
  • Tovomitopsis Planch. & Triana (BertoloniaSpreng.)
Tribe Garcinieae
  • Garcinia (Brindonia, Cambogia, Clusianthemum, Mangostana, Oxycarpus, Pentaphalangium, Rheedia, Septogarcinia, Tripetalum, Tsimatimia, Verticillaria, Xanthochymus) - saptree, mangosteen
Tribe Moronobeeae
Tribe Platonieae
Tribe Symphonieae
Tribe ?

Subfamily Hypericoideae

This subfamily comprises 3 tribes; synonyms are in parentheses:

Tribe Cratoxyleae
Cratoxylum (Cratoxylon)
Eliea (Eliaea)
Thornea
Triadenum - marsh St. Johnswort
Tribe Hypericeae
Hypericum (Adenotrias, Androsaemum, Androsemum, Ascyrum, Lianthus, Olympia, Sanidophyllum, Sarothra, Takasagoya, Triadenia) - St John's Wort
Santomasia
Tribe Vismieae
Harungana (Haronga)
Psorospermum
Vismia

Subfamily Kielmeyeroideae

This subfamily comprises 2 tribes:

Tribe Calophylleae (12 genera)
Calophyllum
Caraipa
Clusiella (Asthotheca, Astrotheca)
Haploclathra
Kayea
Kielmeyera
Mahurea
Mammea (Ochrocarpos, Paramammea) - mammee apple (sometimes put in Garcinieae)
Marila
Mesua (Vidalia)
Neotatea
Poeciloneuron
Tribe Endodesmieae (contains 2 African monotypic genera)
Endodesmia
Lebrunia

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References

  1. Clusiaceae Lindl. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. Stevens, P. F. (1980). "A Revision of the Old World Species of Calophyllum (guttiferae)". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 61 (2): 117–424. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.8541. JSTOR   43782071.
  3. Stevens, P. F. (1980). "A Revision of the Old World Species of Calophyllum (guttiferae)". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 61 (3): 425–699. doi:10.5962/p.185896. JSTOR   43782073.
  4. APG III (2009)
  5. Marinho, Lucas C.; Cai, Liming; Duan, Xiaoshan; Ruhfel, Brad R.; Fiaschi, Pedro; Amorim, André M.; van den Berg, Cássio; Davis, Charles C. (May 2019). "Plastomes resolve generic limits within tribe Clusieae (Clusiaceae) and reveal the new genus Arawakia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134: 142–151. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.005. PMID   30743062.

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