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