''Casearia'' is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of

angiosperm Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

classification, and earlier in the

Samydaceae Samydaceae is a family of tropical and subtropical woody plants, its best known genus being ''Casearia''. It has always been of uncertain placement, in the past usually being submerged in the family Flacourtiaceae. A 2002 paper included the Samy ...

. Recent research indicates that the latter group might be reinstated as a valid family. They are sometimes employed as honey plants, notably '' C. decandra'' and '' C. sylvestris''. The latter species is occasionally used as food by the

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...

s of the

two-barred flasher ''Astraptes fulgerator'', the two-barred flasher, is a spread-wing skipper butterfly in the genus '' Astraptes'' which may constitute a possible cryptic species complex. It ranges all over the Americas, from the southern United States to north ...

(''Astraptes fulgerator''). Several species are becoming rare due to deforestation. Some appear close to

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

ion, and '' C. quinduensis'' of

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and '' C. tinifolia'' from Mauritius seem to be extinct since some time in the 20th century and about 1976, respectively.

Selected species

; Names brought to synonymy: * ''Casearia elegans'' Standley, a synonym for ''

Casearia bartlettii ''Casearia bartlettii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae found in Mesoamerica (Belize-Guatemala). References External links * bartlettii Plants described in 1939 Flora of Belize Flora of Guatemala {{Sa ...

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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Salicaceae genera Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin {{Salicaceae-stub