Casearia

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Casearia
Casearia tomentosa parts drawing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily: Samydoideae
Genus: Casearia
Jacq.[1]
Type species
Casearia nitida[2]
Species

~252; see here.

Synonyms[3]
Synonymy
  • Anavinga Adans.
  • Antigona Vell.
  • Bedousia Dennst.
  • Bigelovia Spreng.
  • Casinga Griseb.
  • Celsa Vell.
  • Chaetocrater Ruiz & Pav.
  • Chetocrater Raf.
  • Clasta Comm. ex Vent.
  • Corizospermum Zipp.
  • Crateria Pers.
  • Euceraea Mart.
  • Geunzia Neck.
  • Gossypiospermum (Griseb.) Urb.
  • Guayabilla Sessé & Moc.
  • Guidonia (DC.) Griseb.
  • Guidonia P.Browne
  • Guidonia Mill.
  • Hecatostemon S.F.Blake
  • Helvingia Adans.
  • Iroucana Aubl.
  • Laetia Loefl. ex L.
  • Langleia Scop.
  • Lindleya Kunth
  • Melistaurum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Mesterna Adans.
  • Moelleria Scop.
  • Neoptychocarpus Buchheim
  • Pitumba Aubl.
  • Ptychocarpus Kuhlm.
  • Sadymia Griseb.
  • Samyda Jacq.
  • Synandrina Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Tardiella Gagnep.
  • Valentinia Sw.
  • Vareca Gaertn.
  • Wolfia Schreb.
  • Zuelania A.Rich.

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

References

  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. "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  3. "Casearia Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 April 2026.

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