Salicaceae
Casearia

Casearia ulmifolia Vahl ex Vent.

First published in Choix Pl.: t. 46 verso (1808)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad to S. Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. 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.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew’s Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1988 Nee, M. [34945] Brazil K001055973 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Fróes, R.L. [20049] Brazil K001055960 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Mexia, Y.E.J. [4174] Brazil K001055964 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Blanchet [3119] Brazil K000471154 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Blanchet [2826] Brazil K001055967 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Krukoff, B.A. [4907] Brazil K001055958 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Blanchet [2824] Brazil K001055968 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Blanchet; Moricand [3119] Brazil K000471155 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Krukoff, B.A. [4907] Brazil K001055957 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Maas, P.J.M.; Kubitzki, K.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Lima, J.F. [p13151] Brazil K001055970 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Atchley, A.A.; Steward, W.C.; Woolcott, D.B.; Coelho, D.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Ramos, J.F. [13749] Brazil K001055971 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [45993] Brazil K001055959 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Krukoff, B.A. [4966] Brazil K001055961 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Schomburgk [718] Guyana K000471156 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Krukoff, B.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001055962 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Schomburgk [718] Guyana K000471157 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Ule, E. [7873] Brazil K001055966 Yes
Gillespie, L.J.; Gopaul, D.; Peterson, P. [1689] Guyana K003582069 Yes
de la Cruz, J.S. [4415] Guyana K003582062 Yes
van Andel, T.; de Jagher, A.; Smeets, M.; Samuels, R. [19E1T2] Guyana K003582077 Yes
Forest Dept. [2534] Guyana K003582063 Yes
s.coll. [F3039] Guyana K003582059 Yes
Lima, J.; Nelson, B. [714] Brazil K001055972 Yes
Berg, C.C.; Bisby, F.A.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F. [s.n.] Brazil K003582071 Yes
Narain, T.R. [14767] Suriname K003582058 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gustafsson, C.; James, V. [3877] Guyana K003582065 Yes
Miranda, I.S. [767] Brazil K003582070 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1520] Brazil K001055963 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guyana K003582064 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8354] Brazil K001055965 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A.; et al. [8056] Brazil K003582072 Yes
Nelson, B.W.; Mera, P.S. [BN1559] Brazil K003582075 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [6369] Guyana K003582061 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Silva, E.S.; Coelho, D.; Lima, J.; Bernadette [5722V] Brazil K001055969 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Koek-N, J.; Lall, H.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Westra, L.Y.T. [7154] Guyana K003582067 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gustafsson, C.; James, V. [3955] Guyana K003582068 Yes
Mexia Ynes [4386] Brazil K003582073 Yes
Miranda, I.S. [199] Brazil K003582074 Yes
Mori, S.; Gracie, C. [21177] French Guiana K003582066 Yes
Gillespie, L.J.; Gopaul, D.; Peterson, P. [1646] Guyana K003582060 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Coelho, D.; Lima, J.; Rodrigues Filho, P. [R5694] Brazil K003582076 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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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