Cassine is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae.[2]
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| Cassine peragua, the Cape Saffron tree. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Cassine L.[1] |
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Description edit
Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).[1]
Distribution and habitat edit
Cassine species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa.[1]
Species edit
As of June 2014[update] The Plant List recognises 68 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names):[3]
- Cassine aethiopica Thunb.
- Cassine albens (Retz.) Kosterm.
- Cassine albivenosa (Chiov.) Cufod.
- Cassine anjouanensis (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
- Cassine aquifolium Fiori
- Cassine australis (Vent.) Kuntze
- var. angustifolia (Benth.) Jessup
- Cassine balae Kosterm.
- Cassine brachycremastra (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
- Cassine buchananii Loes.
- Cassine bupleuroides (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
- Cassine burkeana (Sond.) Kuntze
- Cassine comorensis Loes.
- Cassine confertiflora (Tul.) Loes.
- Cassine congylos Kosterm.
- Cassine crocea (Thunb.) C.Presl
- Cassine cubensis (Bisse) Borhidi
- Cassine cunninghamii (Montrouz.) Lobr.-Callen
- Cassine curtipendula (Endl.) Kuntze
- Cassine ehrenbergii (Urb.) Alain
- Cassine elliptica (Decne.) Kuntze
- Cassine eucleiformis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
- Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze
- Cassine grossa (Wall. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.
- Cassine gymnosporiodes (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine humbertii (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
- Cassine kamerunensis (Loes.) Govaerts
- Cassine kamurensis (Loes.) Govaerts
- Cassine kedarnathii Sasidh. & Swarupan.
- Cassine koordersii Kosterm.
- Cassine lanceolata (Urb. & Ekman) Alain
- Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.W.Ingram
- Cassine lippoldii (Bisse) Borhidi
- Cassine lyciodes (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine macrocarpa (Sond.) Kuntze
- Cassine maritima (Bolus) L.Bolus
- Cassine matabelica (Loes.) Steedman
- Cassine megaphylla (Tul.) Kuntze
- Cassine melanocarpa (F.Muell.) Kuntze
- Cassine micrantha Loes.
- Cassine nipensis (Bisse) Borhidi
- Cassine nitidula (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine obiensis Kosterm.
- Cassine oligantha (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine orientalis (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Cassine paniculata (Wight & Arn.) Lobr.-Callen
- Cassine papillosa (Hochst.) Kuntze
- Cassine parvifolia Sond.
- Cassine pauciflora (Tul.) Loes.
- Cassine peragua L.
- subsp. affinis (Sond.) R.H.Archer
- subsp. barbata (L.) R.H.Archer
- Cassine pilosa (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine pininsularis (Hürl.) I.H.Müll.
- subsp. poyaensis I.H.Müll.
- Cassine quadrangulata (Reissek) Kuntze
- Cassine reticulata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Codd
- Cassine schinoides (Spreng.) R.H.Archer
- Cassine schlechteriana Loes.
- Cassine schweinfurthiana Loes.
- Cassine tetragona (L.f.) Druce
- Cassine trachyclada (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine transvaalensis (Burtt Davy) Codd
- Cassine trinitensis (Bisse) Borhidi
- Cassine vacciniodes (Baker) Kuntze
- Cassine viburnifolia (Juss.) Ding Hou
- Cassine vitiensis (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
- Cassine xylocarpa Vent.
References edit
- ^ a b c Kochummen, K. M. (1995). "Cassine L.". In Soepadmo, E.; Wong, K. M. (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). Vol. 1. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. pp. 113–114. ISBN 983-9592-34-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Cassine peragua". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Cassine". The Plant List. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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