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 in Florida. Some of the ten accepted species were formerly placed elsewhere, e.g. in the related genip-tree genus, in Gardenia or in Randia.
Species
Casasia acunae M.Fernández Zeq. & A.Borhidi - CubaCasasia calophylla A.Rich. - CubaCasasia clusiifolia Urb. - Seven-year Apple- * Casasia clusiifolia var. clusiifolia - Florida, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Turks & Caicos Islands
- * Casasia clusiifolia var. hirsuta Borhidi - CubaCasasia domingensis Urb. - Dominican RepublicCasasia ekmanii Urb. - HaitiCasasia haitensis Urb. & Ekman - HaitiCasasia jacquinioides Standl. - CubaCasasia longipes Urb. - JamaicaCasasia nigrescens C.Wright ex Rob.
- * Casasia nigrescens subsp. moaensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz - Cuba
- * Casasia nigrescens subsp. nigrescens - CubaCasasia samuelssonii Urb. & Ekman - Dominican Republic