Clusiella

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Calophyllaceae
Tribus: Calophylleae
Genus: Clusiella
Species: C. albiflora – C. amplexicaulis – C. axillaris – C. elegans – C. impressinervis – C. isthmensis – C. macropetala – C. pendula
Name

Clusiella Planch. & Triana, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Sér. 4. 14: 253. 1860.
Type species: Clusiella elegans Planch. & Triana

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Astrotheca Miers ex Planch. & Triana, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Sér. 4. 14: 254. 1860, as "Asthotheca".
Clusia sect. Astrotheca (Miers ex Planch. & Triana) Benth. & Hook., Gen. Pl. 1: 170. 1862, as "Asthotheca".
Type species: Astrotheca cuspidata Vesque, vide Hammel (1999)

References

Hammel, B.E. (1999) Two new species of Clusiella (Clusiaceae) with a synopsis of the genus. Novon 9: 349–359.
Planch. & Triana (1860) Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Sér. 4. 14: 253.

Clusiella is a plant genus of the family Calophyllaceae. When Planchon and Triana first published it in 1860, based on Clusiella elegans, the genus was considered monotypic and remained as such for about 100 years.

This genus is confined to the Neotropics, occurring in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, northern Peru, and northern Brazil.
Taxonomy

The genus Astrotheca Vesque, as well as its orthographic variant Asthotheca Miers ex Planch. & Triana, was brought to synonymy with Clusiella.
Selected species

Clusiella albiflora Cuatrec.
Clusiella amplexicaulis Cuatrec.
Clusiella axillaris (Engl.) Cuatrec.
Clusiella cordifolia Cuatrec.
Clusiella elegans Planch. & Triana
Clusiella impressinervis Hammel
Clusiella isthmensis Hammel
Clusiella macropetala Cuatrec.
Clusiella pendula Cuatrec.