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Clusia
Genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the insect genus, see Clusia (fly).
Clusia is the type genus of the plant family Clusiaceae. Comprising 300-400 species, it is native to the Neotropics. The genus is named by Carl Linnaeus in honor of the botanist Carolus Clusius.
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Clusia | |
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Clusia fluminensis | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Clusiaceae |
Tribe: | Clusieae |
Genus: | Clusia L. |
Species[1] | |
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