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Casasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] These shrubs or small trees occur on the Caribbean islands and in one case (Seven-year Apple, C. clusiifolia) in Florida.[2] Some of the ten accepted species were formerly placed elsewhere, e.g. in the related genip-tree genus (Genipa), in Gardenia or in Randia.[2]

Casasia
Casasia clusiifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Gardenieae
Genus:	Casasia A.Rich.
Type species
Casasia calophylla A.Rich.
Synonyms
Buttneria P.Browne

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

References

External links

• Casasia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
• Regional Conservation Center, Floristic Inventory for South Florida Database

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Casasia es un género de plantas con flores del orden Gentianales, familia Rubiaceae.[1] Es originario del sur de Florida y Caribe.[2]

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