''Clusiella'' is a
plant
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genus
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of the
family
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Calophyllaceae
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.
When
Planchon and
Triana first published it in 1860, based on ''
Clusiella elegans'', the genus was considered
monotypic
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and remained as such for about 100 years.
This genus is confined to the
Neotropics
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Definition
In bioge ...
, occurring in
Costa Rica,
Panama
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,
Colombia,
Venezuela
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,
Ecuador
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, northern
Peru
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, and northern
Brazil
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.
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.
References
Calophyllaceae
Malpighiales genera
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