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Clusia plants provide excellent nesting sites for some insects. For instance, Clusia grandiflora , a common species in Guianese forests, is an attractive place for Polistes pacificus wasps to build their paper nests because arboreal ants, which often prey on these wasps, do not normally reside in this species of tree.
The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. (1789) (nom. alt. et cons. = alternative and valid name) are a family of plants including 13 genera and ca 750 species. [3] Several former members of Clusiacae are now placed in Calophyllaceae and Hypericaceae.
Clusia rosea is a tree native to the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Hispaniola (such as in Los Haitises National Park), Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Florida. [7] [8]It is a hemiepiphyte; that is, it grows as an epiphyte on rocks or other trees at the start of its life and behaving like a strangler fig as it gets larger.
The family Clusiaceae was divided by Cronquist into 2 subfamilies: the Clusioideae (typical subfamily) and the Hypericoideae.The latter was often treated as a family - the Hypericaceae or St. John's wort family.
Mimetes: pagoda bushes; Mimetes cucullatus: common pagoda bush Proteaceae (protea family) Persoonia: geebungs; Persoonia levis: smooth geebung; broad-leaved geebung Proteaceae (protea family) Persoonia linearis: narrow-leaved geebung; geebung pine Proteaceae (protea family) Protea: protea trees and shrubs; Protea afra: common protea Proteaceae ...
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It is a small to medium-sized tree, growing from 13 to 82 feet (4.0 to 25.0 meters) in height.The crown is slender and sometimes spreading. The trunk can measure at least 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) in diameter.
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