Clusiella

Clusiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Calophyllaceae
Genus:	Clusiella; Planch. & Triana
Type species
	Clusiella elegans; Planch. & Triana
Species
	Clusiella elegans; etc.;

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.

References

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