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 The following taxonomy mostly follows that of Stevens (1980, in press, and unpublished):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
Moronobea
Tribe Platonieae
Platonia (Aristoclesia)
Tribe Symphonieae
Montrouziera
Symphonia
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
Tribe Endodesmieae (contains 2 African monotypic genera)
Endodesmia
Lebrunia

[edit] References

  • Stevens, P. F. (1980). A revision of the Old World species of Calophyllum (Guttiferae). J. Arnold Arboretum 61:117–699.