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Casasia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Order
  
Gentianales

Scientific name
  
Casasia

Rank
  
Genus

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Family
  
Rubiaceae

Higher classification
  
Rubiaceae

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Casasia is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. These shrubs or small trees occur on the Caribbean islands and in one case (Seven-year Apple, C. clusiifolia) in Florida. Some of the ten accepted species were formerly placed elsewhere, e.g. in the related genip-tree genus (Genipa), in Gardenia or in Randia.

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
  • References

    Casasia Wikipedia