Casearia

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Casearia
Casearia tomentosa parts drawing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Subfamily:
Samydoideae
Genus: Casearia
Jacq.[1]
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms
  • Gossypiospermum (
    Urb.
  • Synandrina
    L.O.Williams[2]

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.

They are sometimes employed as

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

Names brought to synonymy

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Casearia Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  2. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Casearia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-11-18.

External links

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