Cassine (genus)

Cassine
Cassine peragua, the Cape Saffron tree.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Genus:	Cassine L.[1]
Species
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Cassine is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae.^[2]

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

1. Kochummen, K. M. (1995). "Cassine L." (PDF). In Soepadmo, E.; Wong, K. M. Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) 1. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. pp. 113–114. ISBN 983-9592-34-3. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. PlantZAfrica.com: The site for information about plants native to southern Africa (Online information website). Pretoria, South Africa: South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/casspera.htm. Retrieved 16 May 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help); |contribution= ignored (help)
3. "Cassine". The Plant List. Retrieved 2 June 2014.