Casasia
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
Seven-year Apple
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
Native toBahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Turks-Caicos Is.
Observations1,451
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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 and 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 and O.Muñiz - Cuba Casasia nigrescens subsp. nigrescens - Cuba Casasia samuelssonii Urb. and Ekman - Dominican Republic