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Casasia

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Casasia

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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

Seven-year Apple

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyRubiaceae
Native toBahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Turks-Caicos Is.
Observations1,451
Observations recorded1,801

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
21
With media
14
Family
Rubiaceae
Collections
CAS, NY, BRIT, USF, ILLS, USMS
Recorded in
United States, Cuba, Peru, Dominican Republic, Venezuela
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Rubiaceae
Image
Cayos pict101.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Casasia
taxon name
Casasia
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Casasia
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2139
taxon common name
casasia
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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

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