Salicaceae
Casearia

Casearia guianensis (Aubl.) Urb.

First published in Symb. Antill. 3: 322 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Urban, Symb. Ant. 3: 322 (1902).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Toiteau] [s.n.] Guyana K003582113 Yes
Urban, I. [2733] Puerto Rico K005292374 Yes
Urban, I. [1704] Puerto Rico K005292376 Yes
Gardner, G. [1267] Brazil K001216468 Yes
s.coll. [1385] French Guiana K003582114 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [7039] Guyana K003582110 Yes
s.coll. [367] Brazil K001216467 Yes
s.coll. [F3430] Guyana K003582103 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [5113] Brazil K001216471 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [7133] Guyana K003582104 Yes
McDowell, T.; Allicock, S.; Feuillet, C.; Tiwari, S.; Acevedo, P. [1904] Guyana K003582101 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [5380] Guyana K003582108 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gustafsson, C.; James, V.; Andrew, R. [4242] Guyana K003582100 Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [863] Guyana K003582106 Yes
s.coll. [2592] Guyana K003582111 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K001216475 Yes
Gardner, G. [904] Brazil K001216473 Yes
Lindeman, J.C. [357] Suriname K001216469 Yes
[Rich. Schwegon] [s.n.] Guyana K003582102 Yes
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K001216470 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Lescure, J. [17] Guyana K003582115 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [11531] Brazil K001216463 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001216466 Yes
Milliken, W. [162] Brazil K001216462 Yes
Daly, D.C. [584] Brazil K001216465 Yes
Gardner, G. [1267] Brazil K001216474 Yes
Prévost, M.-F. [4071] French Guiana K003582112 Yes
Jenman, G.S. [7039] Guyana K003582105 Yes
Morten [s.n.] Guyana K003582107 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gorts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Ek, R.C. [1176] Guyana K003582109 Yes
Prance, G.T. [10930] Brazil K001216464 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001216472 Yes
Jun 10, 1886 Sintenis, P. [4528] Puerto Rico Casearia ramiflora K005292375 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0