Clauseneae Explained

Clauseneae is one of the two tribes of the flowering plant family Rutaceae, subfamily Aurantioideae, the other being Citreae, which includes Citrus.

The tribe comprises five genera: Micromelum, Glycosmis, Clausena, Murraya, and Merrillia; considered to be the more primitive genera of the orange subfamily.^[1] The members can be distinguished from the Citreae tribe by their odd-pinnate leaves, with the leaflets alternately attached to the rachis.

References

• Wight & Arn 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: containing abridged descriptions of the plants found in the peninsula of British India, arranged according to the natural system. Vol. I. XXXVII+480 pp. Parbury, Allen, & Co., London. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3608847

Notes and References

1. Mou . Feng-Juan . Zhang . Dian-Xiang . September 2012 . Chromosome studies in the tribe Clauseneae and the cytological homogeneity in the orange subfamily (Aurantioideae, Rutaceae) . Journal of Systematics and Evolution . en . 50 . 5 . 460–466 . 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00193.x. 83972938 .