Names: Guttiferae.
French: Clusiacees.
Botany: 37 genera; 1610 species; trees and shrubs; with milky sap; capsules for seeds; tropical; leaves opposite; latex.
Bonnetiaceae: 3 genera and 35 species; Neotropics.
Calophyllaceae: 14 genera.
Hypericaceae: 9 genera.
TaxonomyClusiaceae,
Hypericaceae,
Bonnetiaceae,
Podostemaceae and
Calophyllaceae are a monophyletic group in the
Apg3 classification, sometimes named
Clusiaceae sensu latu.
Caryocaraceae, an unknown family in homeopathy, seems to be near to this group.
In the
Plant theory Podostemaceae is split off from
Clusiaceae.
Clusiaceae is placed in
Subphase 4.
BotanyShrubs, trees, lianas; hemi-epiphytes; colorful; sticky latex, resin, oil.
Leaves: opposite; simple; entire; fleshy, tough; veins parallel; terminal buds enclosed by petiole bases; exstipulate.
Flowers: actinomorphic; bisexual; 5-merous; sepals 2 to 5, free; petals free, imbricate or contorted, 4 to 5; stamens many, free or bundles; ovary superior, 3-5+ locules and stigmas, ovules 1-many, seeds arillate.
Fruit: capsule, dehiscent; drupe, nut or berry.
LiteratureRuhfel, Brad & others; PHYLOGENY OF THE CLUSIOID CLADE (MALPIGHIALES): EVIDENCE FROM THE PLASTID AND MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMES1; American Journal of
Botany 98(2): 306–325, 2011; http://www.amjbot.org/ © 2011 Botanical
Society of America; doi:10.3732/ajb.1000354; 2011.