Casearia

Genus of flowering plants

Casearia

Casearia tomentosa parts drawing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malpighiales
Family:  | Salicaceae
Subfamily:  | Samydoideae
Genus:  | Casearia
Jacq.[1]
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms

* Gossypiospermum (Griseb.) Urb.
* Synandrina Standl. & L.O.Williams[2]

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.

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

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* 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 grewiifolia Vent.
* 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 seethalakshmiae
* Casearia sylvestris Sw.[2]
* Casearia tinifolia Vent. (extinct)
* Casearia williamsiana
* Casearia wynadensis
* Casearia zeylanica

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Names brought to synonymy

* Casearia elegans Standley, a synonym for Casearia bartlettii

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ a b "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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Media related to Casearia at Wikimedia Commons  Data related to Casearia at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers

Casearia|

* Wikidata: Q537066
* Wikispecies: Casearia
* APDB: 189157
* APNI: 113651
* BOLD: 148859
* CoL: 3J29
* EoL: 62218
* EPPO: 1CWSG
* FNA: 105791
* FoAO2: Casearia
* FoC: 105791
* GBIF: 2874105
* GRIN: 2141
* iNaturalist: 83034
* IPNI: 327084-2
* IRMNG: 1308354
* ITIS: 500185
* NCBI: 112816
* Open Tree of Life: 510621
* Paleobiology Database: 81367
* PLANTS: CASEA
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327084-2
* Tropicos: 40002213
* uBio: 4971262
* WFO: wfo-4000006885

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