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Clusia is the type genus of the plant family Clusiaceae. Comprising 300-400 species, it is native to the Neotropics . The genus is named by Carl Linnaeus in honor of the botanist Carolus Clusius .
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 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.
These 12 species belong to the genus Clusia. [2] [3] [4] Clusia ciliata Sasakawa, 1959; Clusia czernyi Johnson, 1913; Clusia flava Meigen, 1830; Clusia intermedialis Mamaev, 1974; Clusia japonica Sasakawa, 1957; Clusia lateralis (Walker, 1849) Clusia occidentalis Malloch, 1918; Clusia okadomei Sasakawa, 1986; Clusia omogensis Sasakawa, 1965 ...
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.
Map of average growing season length from "Geography of Ohio," 1923. A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight. The growing season is that portion of the year in which local conditions (i.e. rainfall, temperature, daylight) permit normal plant growth.
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Clusia major is a tropical plant species in the genus Clusia.The name Clusia major is sometimes misapplied to the more widely distributed species Clusia rosea, which, however has petiolate (versus virtually sessile), very dark (versus bright) green leaves that are widest just below the apex (versus near the middle), and 8 (versus 5) stigmas.