?Clusia
Clusia major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Clusiaceae Subfamily: Clusioideae Tribe: Clusieae Genus: Clusia L.
Species
See text Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 636 KB) Clusia rosea From: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project, http://www. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families Family Achariaceae Family Balanopaceae Family Bonnetiaceae Family Caryocaraceae Family Chrysobalanaceae Family Clusiaceae Family Ctenolophonaceae Family Dichapetalaceae Family Elatinaceae Family Erythryloxaceae (coca family) Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Family Euphroniaceae Family Goupiaceae Family Humiriaceae Family Hypericaceae (St Johns wort family) Family Irvingiaceae Family Ixonanthaceae Family Lacistemaceae Family Linaceae (flax family... Genera See text Clusiaceae is a family of plants including the over a thousand species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...

Clusia is the type genus of the family Clusiaceae. Comprising 140-150 species, it is native to tropical and subtropical America. Its species are shrubs, vines and small to medium-size trees up to 20 m tall, with evergreen foliage. Some species start life as epiphytes, then developing long roots that descend to the ground and eventually strangle and kill the host tree, in a manner similar to banyans. Type specimens When a new species is discovered, more important than creating a new and unique name for the species is developing a reasonably detailed description. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Genera See text Clusiaceae is a family of plants including the over a thousand species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The term vine was originally a term for the plant on which grapes grew, from the word for wine (Greek oinos), for which grapes were grown. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... An example of an epiphyte assemblage of orchids and bromeliads in a garden setting The term epiphyte refers to any plant that grows upon or attached to another living plant. ... Species Many; see text for examples Banyan (Ficus subgenus Urostigma) is a subgenus of many species of tropical figs with an unusual growth habit. ...

The leaves are opposite, 5-20 cm long and 5-10 cm broad, with a leathery texture and an entire margin. The flowers are white to greenish-white, yellow or pink, with 4-9 petals. The fruit is a leathery greenish-brown valvate capsule which splits open to release several red, fleshy-coated seeds. The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... A ripe red jalapeno cut open to show the seeds For other uses, see Seed (disambiguation). ...

Selected species

• Clusia clusioides
• Clusia gundlachii
• Clusia guttifera
• Clusia leprantha
• Clusia major (syn. C. rosea) - Copey, Autograph Tree or Pitch-apple
• Clusia minor
• Clusia palmicida
• Clusia uvitana
• Clusia valerii

In scientific classification, synonymy is the existence of multiple systematic names to label the same organism. ...

Synonymy

The following genus names are synonyms of Clusia:

• Androstylium Miq.
• Cochlanthera Choisy
• Decaphalangium Melch.
• Havetia Kunth
• Havetiopsis Planch. & Triana
• Oedematopus Planch. & Triana
• Oxystemon Planch. & Triana
• Pilosperma Planch. & Triana
• Quapoya Aubl.
• Renggeria Meisn.
• Rengifa Poepp. & Endl.

Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist. ... Choisy is the name or part of the name of five communes of France: Choisy in the Haute-Savoie département Choisy-au-Bac in the Oise département Choisy-en-Brie in the Seine-et-Marne département Choisy-la-Victoire in the Oise département Choisy-le-Roi... Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788-1850) was a German botanist. ... Jules Émile Planchon (March 21, 1823 - April 1, 1888) was a French botanist. ... Triana might refer to: A large neighborhood of Seville, Spain, on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river, that is famous for Flamenco music and traditional tilemaking. ... Jules Émile Planchon (March 21, 1823 - April 1, 1888) was a French botanist. ... Triana might refer to: A large neighborhood of Seville, Spain, on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river, that is famous for Flamenco music and traditional tilemaking. ... Jules Émile Planchon (March 21, 1823 - April 1, 1888) was a French botanist. ... Triana might refer to: A large neighborhood of Seville, Spain, on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river, that is famous for Flamenco music and traditional tilemaking. ... Jules Émile Planchon (March 21, 1823 - April 1, 1888) was a French botanist. ... Triana might refer to: A large neighborhood of Seville, Spain, on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river, that is famous for Flamenco music and traditional tilemaking. ... Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet[1] (1720–1778) was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer. ... Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800–2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. ... Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (July 16, 1798 - September 4, 1868) was a German botanist, zoologist and explorer. ... Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (24 June 1804 - 28 March 1849; botanical abbreviation Endl. ...

External links

• Clusia major photos