Clusiaceae

From Free net encyclopedia

(Redirected from Hypericaceae)

{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Clusiaceae | image = Hypericum quadrangulum0.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Hypericum tetrapterum | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Malpighiales | familia = Clusiaceae | familia_authority = Lindl.</small> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Some important genera:

For the full list, see Taxonomy of the Clusiaceae. }}

The Clusiaceae (alternatively Guttiferae or Hypericaceae, erected by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789) is a family of plants including about 50 genera and 1200 species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. According to the AGP II, this family belongs to the order Malpighiales.