Casasia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Gardenieae
Genus: Casasia
Species: C. acunae – C. calophylla – C. clusiifolia – C. domingensis – C. ekmanii – C. haitiensis – C. jacquinioides – C. longipes – C. nigrescens – C. samuelssonii
Name

Casasia A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 9. (1850)

Type species: Casasia calophylla A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 9. (1850)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Buttneria P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 166, 490. (1756), nom. rej. vide Byttneria Loefl., Iter Hispan. 313. (1758) nom. cons. (Malvaceae)

References

Richard, A. 1850. Historia Física Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba, Botánica 11: 9, pl. 49.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Casasia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Casasia. Published online. Accessed: July 11 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Casasia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 11.

Casasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] These shrubs or small trees occur on the Caribbean islands and in one case (Seven-year Apple, C. clusiifolia) in Florida.[2] Some of the ten accepted species were formerly placed elsewhere, e.g. in the related genip-tree genus (Genipa), in Gardenia or in Randia.[2]
Species

Casasia acunae M.Fernández Zeq. & A.Borhidi - Cuba
Casasia calophylla A.Rich. - Cuba
Casasia clusiifolia (Jacq.) Urb. - Seven-year Apple
Casasia clusiifolia var. clusiifolia - Florida, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Turks & Caicos Islands
Casasia clusiifolia var. hirsuta Borhidi - Cuba
Casasia domingensis (DC.) Urb. - Dominican Republic
Casasia ekmanii Urb. - Haiti
Casasia haitensis Urb. & Ekman - Haiti
Casasia jacquinioides (Griseb.) Standl. - Cuba
Casasia longipes Urb. - Jamaica
Casasia nigrescens (Griseb.) C.Wright ex Rob.
Casasia nigrescens subsp. moaensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz - Cuba
Casasia nigrescens subsp. nigrescens - Cuba
Casasia samuelssonii Urb. & Ekman - Dominican Republic

References

Richard, Achille. 1850. Historia Física Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba, Botánica 11: 9, pl. 49.
"Casasia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 1 June 2014.