Casasia

Casasia

Casasia clusiifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Gardenieae
Genus:	Casasia A.Rich.
Type species
Casasia calophylla A.Rich.
Synonyms
Buttneria P.Browne

Casasia is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family.^[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

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