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

Casasia

References

External links

Casasia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae

Regional Conservation Center, Floristic Inventory for South Florida Database

Rubiaceae genera

Flora of the Caribbean

Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Casasia