List of Clusiaceae genera
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.[1] 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.[2]
Subfamily Clusioideae
- Tribe Clusieae
- Chrysochlamys (Balboa, Tovomitopsis)
- Clusia (Androstylium, Cochlanthera, Decaphalangium, Havetia, Havetiopsis, Oedematopus, Oxystemon, Pilosperma, Quapoya, Renggeria, Rengifa)
- Tovomita (Marialvaea, Tovomitidium)
- Tribe Chrysopieae
- Tribe Garcinieae
- Garcinia (Brindonia, Cambogia, Clusianthemum, Mangostana, Oxycarpus, Pentaphalangium, Rheedia, Septogarcinia, Tripetalum, Tsimatimia, Verticillaria, Xanthochymus) - saptree, mangosteen
- Tribe Moronobeeae
- Tribe Platonieae
- Platonia (Aristoclesia)
- Tribe Symphonieae
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)
References
Bibliography
- van Rijckevorsel, Paul (November 2002). "(1564) Proposal to Conserve the Name Platonia insignis against Moronobea esculenta (Guttiferae)". Taxon. 51 (4): 813–815. doi:10.2307/1555050. JSTOR 1555050.