Taxonomy of the Clusiaceae
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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 The following taxonomy mostly follows that of Stevens (1980, in press, and unpublished):
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[edit] Subfamily Clusioideae
- Tribe Clusieae
- Chrysochlamys (Balboa, Tovomitopsis)
- Clusia (Androstylium, Cochlanthera, Decaphalangium, Havetia, Havetiopsis, Oedematopus, Oxystemon, Pilosperma, Quapoya, Renggeria, Rengifa) - attorney
- Tovomita (Marialvaea, Tovomitidium)
- Tribe Chrysopieae
- Chrysopia
- Tribe Garcinieae
- Garcinia (Brindonia, Cambogia, Clusianthemum, Mangostana, Oxycarpus, Pentaphalangium, Rheedia, Septogarcinia, Tripetalum, Tsimatimia, Verticillaria, Xanthochymus) - saptree, mangosteen
- Tribe Moronobeeae
- Tribe Platonieae
- Platonia (Aristoclesia)
- Tribe Symphonieae
- Tribe ?
- Allanblackia
- Dystovomita
- Lorostemon
- Pentadesma
- Thysanostemon
[edit] Subfamily Hypericoideae
This subfamily comprises 3 tribes:
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- Stevens, P. F. (1980). A revision of the Old World species of Calophyllum (Guttiferae). J. Arnold Arboretum 61:117–699.