Casearia laetioides(A.Rich.) Warb.

WFO wfo-0000924044 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Casearia laetioides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-26 / obs. 133761058
Casearia laetioides, photographed by Aitor
fig. b Aitor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120062041
Casearia laetioides, photographed by Bernardino Villa B.
fig. c Bernardino Villa B., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 19621376
Casearia laetioides, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1301198
Casearia laetioides, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5579764
Casearia laetioides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133761454
Casearia laetioides, photographed by Aitor
fig. g Aitor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120062096
Casearia laetioides, photographed by Bernardino Villa B.
fig. h Bernardino Villa B., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 19621375

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Casearia laetioides is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeColombiaCosta RicaCubaGuatemalaHaitiJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasCayman Is.
Native distribution of Casearia laetioides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Casearia icosandra (Sw.) Planch. & Triana ex Hemsl.
  • Guidonia laetioides (A.Rich.) M.Gómez
  • Laetia crenata A.Rich.
  • Laetia guidonia Sw.
  • Laetia longifolia A.Rich.
  • Samyda icosandra Sw.
  • Thiodia laetioides (A.Rich.) Griseb.
  • Zuelania belizensis Lundell
  • Zuelania crenata (A.Rich.) Griseb.
  • Zuelania guidonia (Sw.) Britton & Millsp.
  • Zuelania icosandra (Sw.) Clos
  • Zuelania laetioides A.Rich.
  • Zuelania roussoviae Pittier

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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