St. John's Wort family

Clusiaceae in Australia

DILLENIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 30 August 2009)

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Flowers in Australia

Garcinia mangostana Mangosteen Sydney, June 2006

Hypericum calycinum Rose of Sharon Hobart, December 1984

Hypericum gramineum Small St. John's Wort Wyee, December 2007

Hypericum japonicum Japanese St. John's wort Wyee, February 2007

A number of Butterfly and Moth species in Australia have larvae that feed on plants in Clusiaceae, including:

Arhopala micale	Aplocera plagiata	Phrissogonus laticostata	Phyllocnistis citrella	Aetholix flavibasalis	Hyposidra incomptaria

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths