| Cassine | |
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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. |
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Cassine is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae.
Description
Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).
Distribution and habitat
Cassine species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa.
Species
As of June 2014 The Plant List recognises 68 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names):
- 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
- ^ 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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