Delineation of plant family Clusiaceae, and the subdivisions within the family, have been much revised over the past few decades.
Accepted genera 18 genera are currently accepted: Arawakia Chrysochlamys Clusia Dystovomita Garcinia Havetiopsis Lebrunia Lorostemon Montrouziera Moronobea Nouhuysia Pentadesma Platonia Quapoya Symphonia Thysanostemon Tovomita Tovomitopsis
Classification 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. 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.APG III (2009)
Subfamily Clusioideae Synonyms are in parentheses: Tribe Clusieae Arawakia Chrysochlamys (Balboa , Commirhoea , and Poecilostemon ) Clusia (Androstylium, Cochlanthera, Decaphalangium, Havetia, Havetiopsis, Oedematopus, Oxystemon, Pilosperma, Quapoya, Renggeria, Rengifa, etc.) Dystovomita Tovomita (Beauharnoisia , Euthales Marialva , Micranthera , and Tovomitidium ) Tovomitopsis (Bertolonia )
Tribe Garcinieae Garcinia (Allanblackia, Brindonia, Cambogia, Clusianthemum, Mangostana, Oxycarpus, Pentaphalangium, Rheedia, Septogarcinia, Tripetalum, Tsimatimia, Verticillaria, Xanthochymus) - saptree, mangosteen
Tribe Moronobeeae Moronobea
Tribe Platonieae Platonia (Aristoclesia)
Tribe Symphonieae Lorostemon Pentadesma Montrouziera Symphonia (Actinostigma , Aneuriscus , Chrysopia ) Thysanostemon
Tribe incertae sedis Havetiopsis Lebrunia †Mammeoxylon Nouhuysia Quapoya
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
Tribe Endodesmieae (contains 2 African monotypic genera) Endodesmia Lebrunia
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