Clusia rosea

Clusia rosea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Clusiaceae
Tribus: Clusieae
Genus: Clusia
Sectio: C. sect. Chlamydoclusia
Species: Clusia rosea

Name

Clusia rosea Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 34. 1760.

Synonyms

• Birolia alba Raf.
• Clusia retusa Poir.
• Clusia rosea var. colombiana Cuatrec.
• Clusia silvicola Britton
• Elwertia retusa Raf.
• Firkea rosea (Jacq.) Raf.

Homonyms

• Clusia rosea Cambess. = Clusia hilariana subsp. hilariana

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Isla del Coco, Panama, Belize Regional: Northern South America Colombia (La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Vaups), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana Regional: Brazil NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia), WC-Brazil Regional: Western South America Ecuador Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, St. Martin), Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Quintana Roo, Veracruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page. : 34.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Clusia rosea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Clusia rosea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Clusia rosea. Published online. Accessed: October 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Clusia rosea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clusia rosea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Scotchman Hugging Creole, Scottish Attorney
español: Matapalo
suomi: Kuristajaklusia, valefiikus

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