Species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae
Clusia rosea
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Clusiaceae
Genus:
Clusia
Species:
C. rosea
Binomial name
Clusia rosea
Jacq. (1760)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Clusia retusa Poir.
Clusia rosea var. colombiana Cuatrec.
Elwertia retusa Raf.
Firkea rosea (Jacq.) Raf.
Clusia rosea, the autograph tree, copey, cupey,[4]balsam apple, pitch-apple, and Scotch attorney,[5] is a tropical and sub-tropical flowering plant species in the family Clusiaceae. The name Clusia major is sometimes misapplied to this species.[6]
^IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2020). "Clusia rosea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136312479A152905887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T136312479A152905887.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, Haak, Leiden 1760, p. 34. (botanicus.org)
^"Clusia rosea Jacq.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 March 2018 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^Puerto Rico. Office of Historian (1949). Tesauro de datos historicos: indice compendioso de la literatura histórica de Puerto Rico, incluyendo algunos datos inéditos, periodísticos y cartográficos (in Spanish). Impr. del Gobierno de Puerto Rico. p. 306. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^Scotch attorney at the Encyclopædia Britannica
^"Clusia major". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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