Casselia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Verbenaceae
Tribus: Casselieae
Genus: Casselia
Species: (7)
C. chamaedryfolia – C. confertiflora – C. glaziovii – C. integrifolia – C. rosularis – C. serrata – C. zelota
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Casselia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 28. Reference page.

Name

Casselia Nees & Mart. , Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 73 (1823), nom. cons.
Type species: Casselia serrata Nees & Mart., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 129 (1936)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Timotocia Moldenke (1936)

References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. & Martius, C.F. (1823) Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 11: 73.
O'Leary, N. & Múlgura, M.E. (2010) A taxonomic revision of Casselia (Verbenaceae), a genus endemic to the South american cerrado and Mata Atlántica biogeographic provinces, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 137: 166–179. DOI: 10.3159/09-RA-029R.1
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Casselia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Casselia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Casselia. Published online. Accessed: 17 June 2014.

Casselia is a small genus of flowering plants in the verbena family (Verbenaceae) first named in 1823.[1][2] Plants in the genus Casselia are native to South America.[1]
Species

As of 2020, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts seven species in the genus Casselia:[1]

Casselia chamaedryfolia Cham.
Casselia confertiflora (Moldenke) Moldenke
Casselia glaziovii (Briq. & Moldenke) Moldenke
Casselia integrifolia Nees & Mart.
Casselia rosularis Sandwith
Casselia serrata Nees & Mart.
Casselia zelota (Moldenke) Moldenke

References

"Casselia Nees & Mart". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
"Casselia Nees & Mart". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 29 August 2020.