Casearia

Casearia
Casearia tomentosa parts drawing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Tribe:	Samydeae[1]
Genus:	Casearia Jacq.[2]
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Gossypiospermum (Griseb.) Urb. Synandrina Standl. & L.O.Williams[3]

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. Recent research indicates that the latter group might be reinstated as a valid family.

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

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 elegans Standley Casearia elliptica Willd. (= C. tomentosa Roxb.) Casearia engleri Casearia flavovirens Casearia flexula Casearia fuliginosa (Blanco) Blanco Casearia gladiiformis – sword-leaf Casearia grandiflora A.St.-Hil.

Casearia graveolens Dalzell 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 sylvestris Sw.[3] Casearia tinifolia Vent. (extinct) Casearia williamsiana Casearia wynadensis Casearia zeylanica

References

1. "Genus Casearia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
2. "Genus: Casearia Jacq.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
3. "GRIN Species Records of Casearia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-18.

External links

Media related to Casearia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Casearia at Wikispecies