Taxonomy of the Clusiaceae

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 The taxonomy below mostly follows that of Stevens (1980, in press, and unpublished). 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

Tribe Clusieae

Chrysochlamys (Balboa, Tovomitopsis)

Clusia (Androstylium, Cochlanthera, Decaphalangium, Havetia, Havetiopsis, Oedematopus, Oxystemon, Pilosperma, Quapoya, Renggeria, Rengifa)

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

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

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

• APG III (2009)
• Stevens, P. F. (1980). A revision of the Old World species of Calophyllum (Guttiferae). J. Arnold Arboretum 61:117–699.