Clauseneae is one of the two tribes of the flowering plant family Rutaceae, subfamily Aurantioideae, the other being Citreae, which includes Citrus.
| Clauseneae | |
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| Micromelum minutum flowers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
| Tribe: | Clauseneae Wight & Arn (1834) |
| Genera | |
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.[1]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Clauseneae.
- 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
- ^ a b 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. 50 (5): 460–466. doi:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00193.x. S2CID 83972938.
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