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Family: Clusiaceae / Guttiferae
Life
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales
A total of 40 genera and about 1000 species (tropical and
north temperate regions) with two genera and 12 species native to southern
Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information from Bredenkamp (2000).
Garcinia
About 400 species (cosmopolitan to tropics, main
diversity in Asia) with 2 species native to southern Africa.
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Hypericum
About 400 species (temperate regions worldwide) with 10
species native to southern Africa.
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Exotic genera cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
Clusia
About 145 species worldwide (warm regions of America).
Three species are cultivated in southern Africa including the Balsam apple
Clusia rosea.
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Bredenkamp, C.L. 2000. Clusiaceae (Guttiferae). In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 227.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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