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Clusiaceae 
Clusia major Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Clusiaceae
Lindl.Genera - Allanblackia
- Chrysochlamys
- Clusia
- Dystovomita
- Garcinia
- Lorostemon
- Montrouziera
- Moronobea
- Pentadesma
- Platonia
- Symphonia
- Thysanostemon
- Tovomita
- Tovomitopsis
The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. (1789) (nom. alt. et cons. = alternative and valid name) is a family of plants formerly including about 37[1] genera and 1610[1] species of trees and shrubs,[1] often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. It is primarily tropical.[1] More so than many plant families, it shows a large amount of variation in plant morphology (for example, 3 to 10 petals, fused or unfused petals, and many other traits).[1] According to the AGP III, this family belongs to the order Malpighiales. The APG III system reduced the circumscription of this family to just 14 genera and about 595 species.
One feature which is sometimes found in this family, and rarely in others, is providing pollinators with resin as a reward, instead of the more common pollen or nectar (all three rewards are found in different species of the Clusiaceae).[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Gustafsson, Mats H. G. (2002), "Phylogeny of Clusiaceae Based on rbcL sequences", International Journal of Plant Sciences 163 (6): 1045, doi:10.1086/342521, JSTOR 3080291
External links
- See Guttiferae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com
- See Key to Clusiaceae (Guttiferae) genera from Brazil (in portuguese)
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