Casimiroa

Casimiroa
	Casimiroa edulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Subfamily:	Toddalioideae
Genus:	Casimiroa; La Llave & Lex.
Type species
	Casimiroa edulis;
Species
	about 10

Casimiroa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. It includes about 10 species native to Mexico and Central America. The genus is named for "an Otomi Indian, Casimiro Gómez, from the town of Cardonal in Hidalgo, Mexico, who fought and died in Mexico's war of independence." [1]

A general common name for plants of the genus is sapote.[2] Not all sapotes are members of this genus or even family, however; many sapotes are in the family Sapotaceae, especially the genus Pouteria, and the black sapote is part of the Ebenaceae.

Some species are cultivated. C. edulis (white sapote) produces edible fruit. It is also used as a shade tree in coffee plantations, as an ornamental, as an herbal remedy, and occasionally as lumber. C. sapota, which also produces edible fruit, is grown in Mexico, and C. tetrameria is also known in cultivation.[3]

Species[4][5][6]

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Casimiroa calderoniae		Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca)
Casimiroa edulis	white sapote	Mexico (Chiapas, Mexico City, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tlaxcala and Veracruz.)
Casimiroa emarginata		Guatemala ( San Marcos)
Casimiroa greggii		Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
Casimiroa microcarpa		Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala
Casimiroa pringlei	Pringle's Sapote	Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
Casimiroa pubescens		Mexico (Querétaro, Hidalgo)
Casimiroa sapota	matasano	Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Casimiroa tetrameria	woolly-leaf white sapote, yellow sapote, matasano	S. Mexico to Central America.
Casimiroa watsonii		Mexico(Jalisco, Colima)

References

http://www.calflora.net/southafrica/1C-F.html
Casimiroa. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Morton, J. F. White Sapote. p. 191–96. In: Fruits of Warm Climates. Miami, Florida. 1987.
GRIN Species Records of Casimiroa. Archived 2009-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
Casimiroa. The Plant List.
Casimiroa subordinate taxa. Tropicos.

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[1] ttp://www.calflora.net/southafrica/1C-F.html

[2] Casimiroa. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

[3] Morton, J. F. White Sapote. p. 191–96. In: Fruits of Warm Climates. Miami, Florida. 1987.

[4] GRIN Species Records of Casimiroa. Archived 2009-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

[5] Casimiroa. The Plant List.

[6] Casimiroa subordinate taxa. Tropicos.