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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 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. [4]
Elements of the Hypericoideae are more common in North temperate areas and those of the Clusioideae are centered in the Tropics. Later classifications however divide the family in a finer way. The taxonomy below mostly follows that of Stevens.
Clusia rosea, the autograph tree, copey, cupey, [4] balsam apple, pitch-apple, and Scotch attorney, [5] is an evergreen, tropical and sub-tropical flowering plant species in the family Clusiaceae. The name Clusia major is sometimes misapplied to this species.
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.
Binomial name; Clusia occidentalis. ... It is found on the west coast of Canada and the United States of America, where it is the only known species of Clusia. [1]
Clusia clusioides is species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a small tree which that is native to Puerto Rico and Hispaniola . One characteristic are the opposite, very thick leaves.
Clusia tigrina engaged in lekking behaviour. Clusiidae or "druid flies" is a family of small (~ 3.5 mm), thin, yellow to black acalyptrate flies with a characteristic antenna (The second segment of the antennae has a triangular projection over the third segment when viewed from the outside) and with the wing usually partially infuscated.