Salicaceae
Casearia

Casearia laetioides (A.Rich.) Warb.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 51 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Zuelania guidonia.]

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.
  • Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • 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.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. 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.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1976 Sagra [340] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K000471257 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Sagra [340] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K000471256 Isotype Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9271] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583073 No
March [1806] Jamaica Zuelania guidonia K003583112 No
Jack, J.G. [5399] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583099 No
Herrera, G.; Hammel, B. [3866] Costa Rica Zuelania guidonia K003583088 No
s.coll. [[5071]] Jamaica Zuelania guidonia K003583113 No
Small, J.K.; Carter, J.J. [8538] Bahamas, The Zuelania guidonia K003583105 No
Alexander, R.C. [s.n.] Jamaica Zuelania guidonia K003583109 No
Hayes, S. [s.n.] Panama Zuelania guidonia K003583115 No
Gomez Chagala, B.; Colín, M. [635] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583070 No
Jack, J.G. [5878] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583100 No
Fendler, A. [318] Panama Zuelania guidonia K003583116 No
[March] [60] Jamaica Zuelania guidonia K003583107 No
s.coll. [358] Bahamas, The Zuelania guidonia K003583103 No
Harris, W. [9819] Jamaica Zuelania guidonia K003583110 No
Ekman, E.L. [12834] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583093 No
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9203] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583080 No
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9594] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583074 No
Schipp, W.A. [736] Belize Zuelania guidonia K003583083 No
Ekman, E.L. [13695] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583094 No
Wright, C. [1111] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583096 No
Wright, C. [1879] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583090 No
Álvarez, D. [10811] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K001906064 Yes
Fendler, A. [318] Panama Zuelania guidonia K003583117 No
Schipp, W.A. [567] Belize Zuelania guidonia K003583086 No
Ekman, E.L. [H5865] Haiti Zuelania guidonia K003583101 No
Ekman, E.L. [4084] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583092 No
Calónico Soto, J.; Martinez, E.; Aguilar, G.; Alvarez, D. [23380] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583071 No
Schipp, W.A. [567] Belize Zuelania guidonia K003583087 No
Gentle, P.H. [1321] Belize Zuelania guidonia K003583081 No
Broadway, W.E. [6083] Trinidad and Tobago Zuelania guidonia K003583114 No
s.coll. [453] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583077 No
Curtiss, A.H. [205] Bahamas, The Zuelania guidonia K003583102 No
Gaumer, G.F. [23876] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583076 No
Edwards, J.B. [360] Honduras Zuelania guidonia K003583084 No
Schipp, W.A. [S-656] Belize Zuelania guidonia K003583085 No
McCatty [s.n.] Jamaica Zuelania guidonia K003583111 No
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9528] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583082 No
March [60] Jamaica Zuelania guidonia K003583108 No
Palmer, E. [482] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583079 No
Gomez Chagala, B. [BGCh1003] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583072 No
Bernardi, A.L. [7371] Venezuela Zuelania guidonia K003583118 No
Wright, C. [1878] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583097 No
John, I.; Northrop, A.B. [514] Bahamas, The Zuelania guidonia K003583106 No
Ekman, E.L. [13703] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583095 No
s.coll. [341] Bahamas, The Zuelania guidonia K003583104 No
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhan K, J. [9613] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K003583075 No
Ekman, E.L. [4084] Cuba Zuelania guidonia K003583091 No
Domínguez, H.G. [2006] Mexico Zuelania guidonia K000994364 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

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    • '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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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

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