A family of about 14 genera and about 800 species, pantropic;  four genera occur naturally in Australia.

Calophyllum - A genus of about 187 species, pantropic but predominantly Indo-Malesian; six species occur naturally in Australia. Stevens (1974, 1980).

Garcinia - A genus of about 260 species in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Malesia, Australia, the Pacific islands and South America; nine native and three naturalised species occur naturally in Australia. Cooper (2013); Smith (1941); White (1936).

Mammea - A genus of about 50 species, pantropic; one species occurs naturally in Australia. Smith (1959).

Mesua - A genus of 40 species in Asia, Malesia and Australia; two species occur naturally in Australia. Kostermans (1969).

Cooper, W.E. (2013), A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9(1): 3-4.

Kostermans, A.J.G.H. (1969). Kayea Wall. and Mesua L. (Guttiferae). Reinwardtia 7:425-431.

Smith, A.C. (1941). Studies of Papuasian plants, III. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 22:343-374.

Smith, L.S. (1959). New species of and notes on Queensland plants - IV. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 70:27-32.

Stevens, P.F. (1974). A review of Calophyllum L. (Guttiferae) in Papuasia. Australian Journal of Botany 22:349-411.

Stevens, P.F. (1980). A revision of the Old World species of Calophyllum (Guttiferae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 61:117-699.

White, C.T. (1936). Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47:51-84.