Delineation of plant family Clusiaceae, and the subdivisions within the family, have been much revised over the past few decades.
Accepted genera
18 genera are currently accepted:
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. 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.
Subfamily Clusioideae
Synonyms are in parentheses:
Tribe Clusieae
:*Chrysochlamys (Balboa , Commirhoea , and Poecilostemon )
:*Clusia (Androstylium, Cochlanthera, Decaphalangium, Havetia, Havetiopsis, Oedematopus, Oxystemon, Pilosperma, Quapoya, Renggeria, Rengifa, etc.)
:*Dystovomita
:*Tovomita (Arawakia , Beauharnoisia , Euthales Marialva , Micranthera , and Tovomitidium )
:*Tovomitopsis (Bertolonia )
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 (Actinostigma , Aneuriscus , Chrysopia )
Tribe ?
:*Allanblackia
:*Lorostemon
:*Pentadesma
:*Thysanostemon
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
References
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