Casearia praecox

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Salicaceae
Tribus: Samydeae
Genus: Casearia
Species: Casearia praecox

Name

Casearia praecox Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 10 (1866)

• Typus: C. Wright 1889 ([1860–1864]; holotypus: B 10 0277752^(JSTOR) [fragment ex GOET, collected in 1863]; isotypi: G {G00364116^(JSTOR), G00364117^(JSTOR)}, GH 00066453^(JSTOR) [collected in 26 March 1860], K000471179^(mirror), MO-772465^(JSTOR), P, YU.069988^(JSTOR))
• Type locality: Western CUBA.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Guidonia praecox (Griseb.) M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 56 (1894)
  • Gossypiospermum praecox (Griseb.) P.Wilson, Torreya 30: 72 (1930); not accepted by Pool & Smith (2001) and Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012: 863) [cited as Casearia praecox]
• Heterotypic
  • Casearia eriophora C.Wright ex Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 11 (1866); not accepted by Wilson (1930: 72) [cited as Gossypiospermum praecox], Hokche, Berry & Huber (2008), Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012: 863) [cited as Casearia praecox]
    • Typus:
      • C. Wright 1895 ([1860–1864]; lectotypus: GOET; isolectotypi: BM000624350^(JSTOR), BREM, CAS0001446, G {G00364112^(JSTOR), G00364113^(JSTOR), G00364115^(JSTOR)}, GH 00066439^(JSTOR), K, MO-772463^(JSTOR), NY {NY00097910^(JSTOR), NY00097911^(JSTOR)}, P, S {S04-542, S10-8161, S10-8163}, US00114859-47320^(JSTOR), W, YU.069985^(JSTOR); 'type': L 0010728^(JSTOR))
      • F.I.X. Rugel 664 (syntypus; isosyntypus: NY00097912^(JSTOR)) and F.I.X. Rugel 801 (syntypus).
    • Type locality: Western CUBA.
  • Guidonia rosauriana M.Gómez, Dicc. Bot. Nombres Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riq. 11 (1889); as Guidonia Rosauriana; not accepted by Wilson (1930: 72) [cited as Gossypiospermum praecox]
  • Guidonia eriophora (C.Wright ex Griseb.) M.Gómez, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 56 (1894)
  • Ampelocera crenulata Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 399 (1919); not accepted by Wilson (1930: 72) [cited as Gossypiospermum praecox], Todzia (1989: 1101–1102) and Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012: 863) [cited as Casearia praecox]
    • Typus: R. de la Sagra 413 (holotypus: B, not seen by Todzia; isotypus: G00355932^(JSTOR)).
    • Type locality: CUBA.
  • Gossypiospermum eriophorum (C.Wright ex Griseb.), Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 7 (1923)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua Caribbean Cuba Northern South America Venezuela Western South America Colombia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Grisebach, A. 1866. Catalogus plantarum cubensium exhibens collectionem Wrightianam aliasque minores ex insula Cuba missas. IV + 301 pp. G. Engelmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 
• Gómez de la Maza, M. 1889. Diccionario botánico de los nombres vulgares Cubanos y Puerto-Riqueños. 115 pp. Imprenta "La Antilla" de G. Cacho-Negrete, Habana. BHL Reference page. 
• Wilson, P. 1930. Notes on Flacourtiaceae I. Torreya 30(3): 72–73. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Todzia, C.A. 1989. A revision of Ampelocera (Ulmaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76(4): 1087–1102. BHL Reference page. 
• Pool, A. & Smith, D.A. 2001. Flacourtiaceae. In: Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.) Flora de Nicaragua. Vols. 1–3. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(1–3): i–xlii, 1–2666. ISBN 0-915279-95-9. Online version on Tropicos. Reference page. 
• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela. 859 pp., Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. Reference page. 
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Casearia praecox in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 6. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Casearia praecox. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 March 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Casearia praecox. Published online. Accessed: 6 March 2022.
• IUCN: Casearia praecox Griseb. (Least Concern) - Assessed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group on 12 June 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Casearia praecox. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 March 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Casearia praecox in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 5 March 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Maracaibo Boxwood
español: Agracejo [in Cuba]