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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Samydoideae |
| Genus: | Casearia Jacq.[1] |
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| Casearia nitida[2] | |
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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.[citation needed]
They are sometimes employed as honey plants, notably C. decandra and C. sylvestris. The latter species is occasionally used as food by the caterpillars of the two-barred flasher (Astraptes fulgerator). Several species are becoming rare due to deforestation. Some appear close to 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.[citation needed]
Selected species
[edit]- Casearia arborea (Rich.) Urb.
- Casearia corymbosa Kunth
- Casearia crassinervis Urb.
- Casearia decandra Jacq.
- Casearia dodecandra (Jacq.) T.Samar. & M.H.Alford
- Casearia gladiiformis Mast.
- Casearia graveolens Dalzell
- Casearia nitida (L.) Jacq.
- Casearia praecox Griseb.
- Casearia quinduensis Tul.
- Casearia rupestris Eichler
- Casearia seethalakshmiae V.Suresh & Ambika
- Casearia sylvestris Sw.
- Casearia tachirensis Steyerm.
- Casearia tinifolia Vent.
- Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
- Casearia wynadensis Bedd.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
External links
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Media related to Casearia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Casearia at Wikispecies
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