Clausena
Clausena is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. It was first defined by the Dutch botanist Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768. It is distributed in Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyRutaceae
Native toAngola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central
Clausena es un género con 77 especies de plantas perteneciente a la familia Rutaceae.
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Research
379 papers- Anti-Neuroinflammatory Components from Clausena lenis Drake.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Anticancer carbazole alkaloids and coumarins from Clausena plants: A review.
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- Description
- Uses
- Fossil record
- Diversity
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Clausena is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. It was first defined by the Dutch botanist Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768. It is distributed in Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
This genus is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus Citrus. It is in the subtribe Clauseninae, which are known technically as the remote citroid fruit trees.