Accession Data:
Clusia rosea Jacq.
sect. Chlamydoclusia
- Common Name: Autograph Tree
- Family: Clusiaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Caribbean region
- Habitat: hemi-epiphytic plant
- Description: [syn. Clusia major]
A C3/CAM intermediate plant that can switch pathways depending upon existing conditions.
- USDA Zone: 11-12
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500434
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1311 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 SE
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-22-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Clusiaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe: Clusieae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
- Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
- ECE 2019 - Scavenger Hunt
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Florida / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Nicaragua / Panama / Aruba / Bahamas / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Netherlands Antilles / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Colombia / Ecuador
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
- Clusia rosea at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
- K. SCHMITT, ANDREAS & S. J. LEE, HELEN & LÜTTGE, ULRICH. (1988).
The response of the C3-CAM tree, Clusia rosea, to light and water stress: I. Gas exchange characteristics.
Journal of Experimental Botany - J EXP BOT. 39. 1581-1590. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. - Images #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Wmpearl [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
- Clusia: CAM photosynthesis (audio tour segment) at Botanischer Garten Munchen-Nymphenburg. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
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Subfamily
Tribe Clusieae
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