Species
FamilyClusiaceae
Native toArgentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is.
Use: of the waterproof latex of Clusia species to seal cracks in their water
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8,292
- With media
- 2,509
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, IIB-UV, FC-UNAM, UNICACH, UACH, ECOSUR
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela
Research
159 papers- Biological Activities of Species of the Genus Clusia L (Clusiaceae): A General Approach.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2024
- Forty years of research into crassulacean acid metabolism in the genus Clusia: anatomy, ecophysiology and evolution.Annals of botany · 2023
- The bioprospecting potential of Clusia fluminensis Planch. & Triana: a scoping review.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2023
- Clusia: Holy Grail and enigma.Journal of experimental botany · 2008
- Flavonoids, biphenyls and xanthones from the genus Clusia: chemistry, biological activities and chemophenetics relevance.Natural product research · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Clusiaceae
- Image
- Starr 010330-0602 Clusia rosea.jpg
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- Commons category
- Clusia
- taxon name
- Clusia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Clusia
- taxon common name
- 书带木属
- taxonomic type
- Clusia major
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Distribution and habitat
- Description
- Ecology
- Uses
- Selected species
- Gallery
- References
- External links
thumb|Clusia grandiflora - MHNT
Clusia is the type genus of the flowering 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.
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