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Delineation of plant family Clusiaceae, and the subdivisions within the family, have been much revised over the past few decades.
18 genera are currently accepted:[1]
- Allanblackia Oliv.
- Chrysochlamys Poepp.
- Clusia Plum. ex L.
- Dystovomita (Engl.) D'Arcy
- Garcinia L.
- Havetiopsis Planch. & Triana
- Lebrunia Staner
- Lorostemon Ducke
- Montrouziera Pancher ex Planch. & Triana
- Moronobea Aubl.
- Nouhuysia Lauterb.
- Pentadesma Sabine
- Platonia Mart.
- Quapoya Aubl.
- Symphonia L.f.
- Thysanostemon Maguire
- Tovomita Aubl.
- Tovomitopsis Planch. & Triana
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.[2][3] 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.[4]
Subfamily Clusioideae
Synonyms are in parentheses:
- Tribe Clusieae[5]
- Chrysochlamys Poepp. (Balboa Planch. & Triana, Commirhoea Miers, and Poecilostemon Triana & Planch.)
- Clusia (Androstylium, Cochlanthera, Decaphalangium, Havetia, Havetiopsis, Oedematopus, Oxystemon, Pilosperma, Quapoya, Renggeria, Rengifa, etc.)
- Dystovomita (Engl.) D’Arcy
- Tovomita Aubl. (Arawakia L.Marinho, Beauharnoisia Ruiz & Pav., Euthales F.Dietr. Marialva Vand., Micranthera Choisy, and Tovomitidium Ducke)
- Tovomitopsis Planch. & Triana (Bertolonia Spreng.)
- 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
- Montrouziera
- Symphonia (Actinostigma Welw., Aneuriscus C.Presl, Chrysopia Noronha ex Thouars)
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
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