Clutia

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: Peraceae
Genus: Clutia
Species: C. abyssinica – C. affinis – C. africana – C. alaternoides – C. alpina – C. angustifolia – C. benguelensis – C. brassii – C. brevifolia – C. conferta – C. cordata – C. daphnoides – C. disceptata – C. dregeana – C. eckloniana – C. ericoides – C. galpinii – C. govaertsii – C. heterophylla – C. hirsuta – C. imbricata – C. impedita – C. jaubertiana – C. kamerunica – C. katharinae – C. kilimandscharica – C. lanceolata – C. laxa – C. marginata – C. monticola – C. nana – C. natalensis – C. ovalis – C. paxii – C. pentheriana – C. platyphylla – C. polifolia – C. polyadenia – C. polygonoides – C. pterogona – C. pubescens – C. pulchella – C. punctata – C. rubricaulis – C. sericea – C. sessilifolia – C. stuhlmannii – C. swynnertonii – C. thunbergii – C. timpermaniana – C. tomentosa – C. virgata – C. whytei

Nothospecies: C. × hybrida
Name

Clutia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1042. (1753)

Type species: Clutia pulchella L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1042. (1753) designated by M.L. Green in Hitchcock et M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 193. (1929)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Altora Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 356 (1763)
Cratochwilia Neck., Elem. Bot. 2: 339 (1790), opus utique oppr.
Middelbergia Schinz ex Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, III: 66 (1911)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1042.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Clutia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Clutia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 25 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Clutia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 25.

Clutia is a plant genus of the family Peraceae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.[4][3][5]

Species[3]

Clutia abyssinica - E + SE + S Africa
Clutia affinis - southern Africa
Clutia africana - Cape Province
Clutia alaternoides - Cape Province
Clutia alpina - Cape Province
Clutia angustifolia - C + SC Africa
Clutia benguelensis - Angola
Clutia brassii - Malawi
Clutia brevifolia - Cape Province
Clutia conferta - Malawi
Clutia cordata - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
Clutia daphnoides - Cape Province
Clutia disceptata - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
Clutia dregeana - Cape Province
Clutia eckloniana - Cape Province
Clutia ericoides - Cape Province
Clutia galpinii - Botswana, Limpopo
Clutia govaertsii - Cape Province
Clutia heterophylla - Cape Province
Clutia hirsuta - southern Africa
Clutia × hybrida - KwaZulu-Natal
Clutia imbricata - Cape Province
Clutia impedita - Cape Province
Clutia jaubertiana - Yemen
Clutia kamerunica - Cameroon
Clutia katharinae - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
Clutia kilimandscharica - Ethiopia to Zimbabwe
Clutia lanceolata - Yemen
Clutia laxa - Swaziland, South Africa
Clutia marginata - Cape Province
Clutia monticola - southern Africa
Clutia myricoides - Ethiopia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Clutia nana - Lesotho, South Africa
Clutia natalensis - Lesotho, South Africa
Clutia ovalis - Cape Province
Clutia paxii - Burundi to Zimbabwe
Clutia pentheriana - Cape Province
Clutia platyphylla - Cape Province
Clutia polifolia - Cape Province
Clutia polyadenia - Tanzania
Clutia polygonoides - Cape Province
Clutia pterogona - Cape Province
Clutia pubescens - Cape Province
Clutia pulchella - southern Africa
Clutia punctata - Zimbabwe
Clutia richardiana - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen
Clutia rubricaulis - Cape Province
Clutia sericea - Cape Province
Clutia sessilifolia - Zimbabwe
Clutia stuhlmannii - Tanzania, Burundi
Clutia swynnertonii - Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Clutia thunbergii - Cape Province
Clutia timpermaniana - Congo
Clutia tomentosa - Cape Province
Clutia virgata - Swaziland, South Africa
Clutia whytei - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia

formerly included[3]

moved to other genera (Bridelia Cleistanthus Croton Ditaxis Lachnostylis Phyllanthus Pseudophyllanthus Sauropus Trigonostemon )

C. acuminata - Lachnostylis hirta
C. androgyna - Sauropus androgynus
C. berberifolia - Phyllanthus calycinus
C. berteroana - Ditaxis polygama
C. cascarilla - Croton eluteria
C. collina - Cleistanthus collinus
C. diversifolia - Cleistanthus diversifolius
C. eluteria - Croton eluteria
C. hirta - Lachnostylis hirta
C. monoica - Cleistanthus monoicus
C. oblongifolia - Cleistanthus oblongifolius
C. ovalis (E.Mey. ex Sond.) Scheele 1853 not Sond. 1850 - Pseudophyllanthus ovalis
C. patula - Cleistanthus patulus
C. retusa - Bridelia retusa
C. scandens - Bridelia stipularis
C. semperflorens - Trigonostemon semperflorens
C. sempervirens - Trigonostemon semperflorens
C. spinosa - Bridelia retusa
C. squamosa - Bridelia retusa
C. stipularis - Bridelia stipularis

References

lectotype designated by M. L. Green in Hitchcock et M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 193 (1929).
1824 illustration From: The botanical register by Sydenham Teast Edwards and others. London, James Ridgeway, 1824, volume 10 (plate 779).
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1042
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.