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Clusiaceae
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Clusiaceae is a family of plants including the over a thousand species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. According to the AGP II, this family benlongs to the order Malpighiales.
It includes the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae).
Genera
- Ascyrum
- Calophyllum L. -- Calophyllum
- Clusia L. -- Attorney
- Garcinia L. -- Saptree
- Hypericum L. -- St John's Wort
- Mammea L. -- Mammea
- Marila Sw.
- Pentadesma Sabine -- Pentadesma
- Platonia C. Martius -- Platonia
- Rheedia Linnaeus
- Sanidophyllum
- Triadenum Raf. -- Marsh St. Johnswort, Triadenum
- Vismia Vandelli, 1788
External links
- http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/clusi.htm
- The Families of Flowering Plants, L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz
- ITIS 2003-09-19
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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