Family · Rosids
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen, St John's wort allies
Mangosteen family: tropical trees and shrubs with colored latex, including edible mangosteen and gamboge-yielding Garcinia.
- Accepted species
- 910accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 18accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈51 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Garcinia (mangosteen)
- Clusia (autograph tree)
- Symphonia
Genera
Garcinia422 spp.
Clusia331 spp.
Tovomita63 spp.
Chrysochlamys38 spp.
Symphonia16 spp.
Moronobea7 spp.
Montrouziera6 spp.
Lorostemon5 spp.
Pentadesma5 spp.
Quapoya4 spp.
Nouhuysia3 spp.
Dystovomita2 spp.
Thysanostemon2 spp.
Tovomitopsis2 spp.
Arawakia1 spp.
Havetiopsis1 spp.
Lebrunia1 spp.
Platonia1 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America498
- Asia-Tropical268
- Africa95
- Pacific33
- Northern America21
- Asia-Temperate21
- Australasia9
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Clusiaceae sits in the order Malpighiales.
- EuphorbiaceaeSpurges, poinsettia, cassava, rubber6,587
- Phyllanthaceaeleaf-flowers2,106
- SalicaceaeWillows, poplars, aspen1,621
- MalpighiaceaeAcerola, barbados cherry1,496
- ViolaceaeViolets, pansies1,309
- PassifloraceaePassionflowers1,083
- OchnaceaeMickey Mouse plant646
- HypericaceaeSt John's wort639
- ChrysobalanaceaeCoco plum548
- Calophyllaceae438
- PodostemaceaeRiverweeds363
- LinaceaeFlax284
- ErythroxylaceaeCoca283
- Putranjivaceae224
- Dichapetalaceaepoison leaf210
- AchariaceaeChaulmoogra180
- RhizophoraceaeMangroves155
- Peraceae107
- Picrodendraceae98
- Humiriaceae67
- ElatinaceaeWaterworts59
- RafflesiaceaeCorpse flower (Rafflesia)50
- Bonnetiaceae38
- Trigoniaceae33