Cassine

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Cassine
Species: C. burkeana – C. parvifolia – C. peragua
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Cassine. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 29. Reference page.

Name

Cassine L., 1753

Type species: Cassine peragua L. see Jarvis, Taxon 41: 559-560 (1992

Synonyms

Elaeodendron J. Jacq.

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 268. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Cassine. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 29. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cassine in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 September 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cassine. Published online. Accessed: September 29 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cassine. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 September 2019.

Vernacular names

Cassine is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae.[2]
Contents

1 Description
2 Distribution and habitat
3 Species
4 References

Description

Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).[1]
Distribution and habitat

Cassine species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa.[1]
Species

As of June 2014 The Plant List recognises 68 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names):[3]

Cassine aethiopica Thunb.
Cassine albens (Retz.) Kosterm.
Cassine albivenosa (Chiov.) Cufod.
Cassine anjouanensis (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
Cassine aquifolium Fiori
Cassine australis (Vent.) Kuntze
var. angustifolia (Benth.) Jessup
Cassine balae Kosterm.
Cassine brachycremastra (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
Cassine buchananii Loes.
Cassine bupleuroides (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
Cassine burkeana (Sond.) Kuntze
Cassine comorensis Loes.
Cassine confertiflora (Tul.) Loes.
Cassine congylos Kosterm.
Cassine crocea (Thunb.) C.Presl
Cassine cubensis (Bisse) Borhidi
Cassine cunninghamii (Montrouz.) Lobr.-Callen
Cassine curtipendula (Endl.) Kuntze
Cassine ehrenbergii (Urb.) Alain
Cassine elliptica (Decne.) Kuntze
Cassine eucleiformis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze
Cassine grossa (Wall. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.
Cassine gymnosporiodes (Baker) Kuntze
Cassine humbertii (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
Cassine kamerunensis (Loes.) Govaerts
Cassine kamurensis (Loes.) Govaerts
Cassine kedarnathii Sasidh. & Swarupan.
Cassine koordersii Kosterm.
Cassine lanceolata (Urb. & Ekman) Alain
Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.W.Ingram
Cassine lippoldii (Bisse) Borhidi
Cassine lyciodes (Baker) Kuntze
Cassine macrocarpa (Sond.) Kuntze
Cassine maritima (Bolus) L.Bolus
Cassine matabelica (Loes.) Steedman
Cassine megaphylla (Tul.) Kuntze
Cassine melanocarpa (F.Muell.) Kuntze
Cassine micrantha Loes.
Cassine nipensis (Bisse) Borhidi
Cassine nitidula (Baker) Kuntze
Cassine obiensis Kosterm.
Cassine oligantha (Baker) Kuntze
Cassine orientalis (Jacq.) Kuntze
Cassine paniculata (Wight & Arn.) Lobr.-Callen
Cassine papillosa (Hochst.) Kuntze
Cassine parvifolia Sond.
Cassine pauciflora (Tul.) Loes.
Cassine peragua L.
subsp. affinis (Sond.) R.H.Archer
subsp. barbata (L.) R.H.Archer
Cassine pilosa (Baker) Kuntze
Cassine pininsularis (Hürl.) I.H.Müll.
subsp. poyaensis I.H.Müll.
Cassine quadrangulata (Reissek) Kuntze
Cassine reticulata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Codd
Cassine schinoides (Spreng.) R.H.Archer
Cassine schlechteriana Loes.
Cassine schweinfurthiana Loes.
Cassine tetragona (L.f.) Druce
Cassine trachyclada (Baker) Kuntze
Cassine transvaalensis (Burtt Davy) Codd
Cassine trinitensis (Bisse) Borhidi
Cassine vacciniodes (Baker) Kuntze
Cassine viburnifolia (Juss.) Ding Hou
Cassine vitiensis (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
Cassine xylocarpa Vent.

References

Kochummen, K. M. (1995). "Cassine L.". In Soepadmo, E.; Wong, K. M. (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). Vol. 1. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. pp. 113–114. ISBN 983-9592-34-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"Cassine peragua". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Retrieved 16 May 2013.
"Cassine". The Plant List. Retrieved 2 June 2014.