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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 02-21-2023

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):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  2. Clusia rosea at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. Images #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Wmpearl [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
  5. Clusia: CAM photosynthesis (audio tour segment) at Botanischer Garten Munchen-Nymphenburg. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:42:11 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Clusia rosea

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Current Accessions in the Clusiaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Clusieae

  • Clusia fluminensis 'Pedra Azul'
  • Clusia hammeliana W/C
  • Clusia orthoneura
  • Clusia rosea
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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