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Accession Data:

Clusia hammeliana Pipoly

  • sect. Quapoya

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Clusiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: northern South America
  • Habitat: evergreen lowland to montane forest

  • USDA Zone: 9-11?

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800133
  • Source: Chad Husby - FIU ex Fairchild
  • Provenance: FTG# 2001-0683. Collected by Mike McGlaughlin and Craig Allen, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica
    Originally received as Clusia gracilis, name corrected with updated provenance info - 6FEB2012 cmorse
    Clusia hammeliana
    Costa Rica: Le Selva Biological Station, on the first loop in the highly disturbed arboretum area. 
    Epiphytically, in a shady location, but near a clearing. It was 8 to 10' above ground. 
    35 m. 10°25'48"N, 84°00'55"W. 
    The trunk was 1.5" in diameter with 5' branches extending out parallel to the ground. This epiphytic shrub had app. 30 fruits. The terminal ends of these branches drooped under the weight of up to 3 fruit per branch tip. The fruit was 1.5" long, maroon, rubbery, and bell-shaped. Only one plant observed. Fruit was collected, but no flowers were seen. 
    McLaughlin, Mike COSTA RICA 2001 #38. 
    26 Jun 2001.
    
  • Accession Date: 08-29-2008
  • Bench: 4108 - EPI: West Wall Rack
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-04-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Clusiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Clusieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Guyana / Venezuela / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 19, 2017.
  2. Clusia hammeliana at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, January 19, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:12:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Clusiaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Clusieae

  • Clusia fluminensis 'Pedra Azul'
  • Clusia hammeliana W/C
  • Clusia orthoneura
  • Clusia rosea

Subfamily Clusioideae
Tribe Garcinieae

  • Garcinia kola
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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