St. John's Wort family
CLUSIACEAE in Australia

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

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Calophyllum inophyllum Beauty Leaf, Magnetic island Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

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	Stictoptera cuculloides

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(created 30 August 2009, updated 7 February 2012)