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Clausena

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Clausena is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. It was first defined by the Dutch botanist Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768. It is distributed in Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Clausena is referenced by 22 other articles, and connects out to Australia, Africa and Asia.

It sits within the topics Aurantioideae genera, Clausena and Taxa named by Nicolaas Laurens Burman.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSapindales
  5. FamilyRutaceae
Native toAngola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central
Observations recorded10,828

Clausena es un género con 77 especies de plantas perteneciente a la familia Rutaceae.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
195
With media
164
Family
Rutaceae
Collections
UCMP, MO, NY, MICH, BRIT, MEL
Recorded in
Tanzania, United States, South Africa, Myanmar, Philippines, Cameroon, Nigeria, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Rutaceae
Image
Clausena lansium.jpg
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taxon name
Clausena
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Clausena
topic's main category
Category:Clausena
taxon common name
黄皮属
has fruit type
berry
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Encyclopedic overview

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Clausena is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. It was first defined by the Dutch botanist Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768. It is distributed in Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

This genus is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus Citrus. It is in the subtribe Clauseninae, which are known technically as the remote citroid fruit trees.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clausena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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