Clusiaceae

Clusiaceae
Clusia major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Clusiaceae Lindl. 1836
Genera
Some important genera: Calophyllum Clusia Mammea - mammee apple Garcinia - gambooge, mangosteen Hypericum - St John's wort For the full list, see Taxonomy of the Clusiaceae.

The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. (1789) (nom. alt. et cons. = alternative and valid name) is a family of plants 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 II, this family belongs to the order Malpighiales. Some members of this family are a source of Gamboge, a rather transparent dark mustard yellow pigment.

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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Gustafsson, Mats H. G. (2002), "Phylogeny of Clusiaceae Based on rbcL sequences", International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 1045, doi:10.1086/342521, http://www.jstor.org/stable/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

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