Casearia

Casearia
	Casearia tomentosa parts drawing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Tribe:	Samydeae[1]
Genus:	Casearia; Jacq.[2]
Species
	Numerous, see text
Synonyms
	Gossypiospermum (Griseb.) Urb.; Synandrina Standl. & L.O.Williams[3];

Casearia is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of angiosperm classification, and earlier in the Samydaceae. Recent research indicates that the latter group might be reinstated as a valid family.

They are sometimes employed as honey plants, notably C. decandra and C. sylvestris. The latter species is occasionally used as food by the caterpillars of the two-barred flasher (Astraptes fulgerator). Several species are becoming rare due to deforestation. Some appear close to extinction, and C. quinduensis of Colombia and C. tinifolia from Mauritius seem to be extinct since some time in the 20th century and about 1976, respectively.

Selected species

Casearia aculeata Jacq.
Casearia albicans
Casearia arborea (Rich.) Urb.
Casearia atlantica
Casearia barteri
Casearia bartlettii
Casearia commersiana
Casearia coriifolia
Casearia corymbosa Kunth
Casearia crassinervis
Casearia dallachii F.Muell.
Casearia decandra Jacq.

Casearia elliptica Willd. (= C. tomentosa Roxb.)
Casearia engleri
Casearia flavovirens
Casearia flexula
Casearia fuliginosa (Blanco) Blanco
Casearia gladiiformis – sword-leaf
Casearia glomerata Roxb.
Casearia grandiflora A.St.-Hil.
Casearia graveolens Dalzell
Casearia guianensis Urb.
Casearia hirsuta Sw.
Casearia kaalaensis
Casearia lasiophylla Eichler

Casearia macrocarpa
Casearia mannii
Casearia mauritiana
Casearia megacarpa
Casearia mexiae
Casearia obliqua Spreng.
Casearia rufens Camb.
Casearia pauciflora Cambess.
Casearia quinduensis (extinct)
Casearia sylvestris Sw.[3]
Casearia tinifolia Vent. (extinct)
Casearia williamsiana
Casearia wynadensis
Casearia zeylanica

Names brought to synonymy

Casearia elegans Standley, a synonym for Casearia bartlettii

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References

"Genus Casearia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
"Genus: Casearia Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
"GRIN Species Records of Casearia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-11-18.

External links

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[1] "Genus Casearia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-11-18.

[GRIN-2] "Genus: Casearia Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-11-18.

[GRINSpecies-3] "GRIN Species Records of Casearia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-11-18.