Clusia peterstevensii is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. C. peterstevensii is a tree that grows up to tall. The species is native to Venezuela. It was described in 2019, and named after the botanist Peter F. Stevens.
Taxonomy The species was first described in 2019. The type specimen was collected in 1985, from the Río Negro Municipality, Venezuela, at an elevation of .
The type specimen was previously identified as Clusia oligandra, a name proposed by Bassett Maguire.
Distribution Clusia peterstevensii is native to the wet tropical biome of Venezuela. It is known only from the type material, which was collected on the broder of Brazil and Venezuela.
Description Clusia peterstevensii is a tree or treelet, which may be hemiepiphytic. It grows up to tall.
The leaves are tough and leathery, elliptical in shape, and measure long by wide. The leaf stalks are long.
The flowers are yellowish, and have four petals each. The inflorescences grow on stalks, are around long, and have five or six flowers. The flower stalks are long. The plant flowers in February.
Clusia peterstevensii is similar to Clusia donramonii. However, male flowers of Clusia peterstevensii are smaller, and have fewer stamens.
Etymology The species is named after the botanical systematist Peter F. Stevens.
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