Cayman Casearia - Casearia staffordiae, Grand Cayman endemic shrub, Family: SALICACEAE, Critically Endangered, first found by P. Ann van B. Stafford in 2001.
FLORA of the CAYMAN ISLANDS by George R. Proctor, 2012, page 316, Plates 19 and 20.
Casearia staffordiae IUCN Red List
This species is unique to Grand Cayman and is currently known mainly
from the Mastic Forest region.
An isolated individual has been recorded 4
km to the east and may represent the presence of a separate group
disjunct from the Mastic Forest location.
A undescribed plant seen on the Mastic Trail by Ann Stafford on June 22, 2001, many years later identified as Cayman Casearia - Casearia staffordiae. Ann was looking for Rat Wood - Erythroxylum rotundifolium, another shrub with small leaves.
Mastic Trail by the big Yellow Mastic tree - Sideroxylon foetidissimum, June 22, 2001.
Rolin Chisholm on a trail in the Forest Glen area, North Side, with a piece of what was later called Cayman Casearia - Casearia staffordiae, June 23, 2002.
Rolin Chisholm, Mars van Liefde, Janice Blumenthal and Lois Blumenthalon a trail in the Forest Glen area, North Side, June 23, 2002.
Shrub subsequently called Cayman Casearia - Casearia staffordiae, Forest Glen area trail,
June 23, 2002.
collecting a specimen of Casearia staffordiae (before the species was identified).
Photo: Ann Stafford, Mastic Trail, Grand Cayman. April 8, 2003.
Critically endangered Grand Cayman endemic species,
on Mastic Trail, it was bearing fruits, so at last it could be identified, 3.5 years after it was first noticed. Photo: Ann Stafford, Jan. 9, 2005.
Flora of the Cayman Islands by George R. Proctor, 2nd. Edition 2012, p.316, Plates 19 & 20
Cayman Casearia - Casearia staffordiae, SALICACEAE.
ALTERNATE leaves with pellucid dots; lax, arching or drooping elongate branches,
fruit a globose capsule.
Grand Cayman endemic, Critically Endangered shrub,
Proctor 2012: p.316, Plates 19 & 20. CI Red List p.56.
Mastic Trail, Ann Stafford, Jan.9, 2005.
Casearia staffordiae for propagation, Jan. 14, 2006.
Manuel Dequito with branchlet of Casearia staffordiae for propagation, Jan. 14, 2006.
ALTERNATE leaves with pellucid dots; lax, arching or drooping elongate branches,
fruit a globose capsule.
Grand Cayman endemic, Critically Endangered shrub,
Proctor 2012: p.316, Plates 19 & 20. CI Red List p.56.
Mastic Trail, Ann Stafford, Jan.9, 2005.
Manuel Dequito with branchlet of Casearia staffordiae for propagation, Jan. 14, 2006.
Casearia staffordiae, SALICACEAE.
ALTERNATE leaves with pellucid dots; lax, arching or drooping elongate branches
flowers - sepals, but no petals.
Mastic Trail, Ann Stafford, Aug. 3, 2006 (not Aug.2).
James Fair, Carla Reid and Ann Stafford, Mastic Trail, Aug. 3, 2006, photo by Hannah Reid.
ALTERNATE leaves with pellucid dots; lax, arching or drooping elongate branches
flowers - sepals, but no petals.
Mastic Trail, Ann Stafford, Aug. 3, 2006 (not Aug.2).
Carla Reid, Hannah Reid and James Fair by the big Yellow Mastic tree (Sideroxylon foetidissimum) on the Mastic Trail, Aug. 3, 2006.
Threatened Plants of the Cayman Islands - THE RED LIST
by Frederic J. Burton 2008
Casearia staffordiae - Family: SALICACEAE, The Red List p.56
Needs - Ex situ propagation, seed banking, awareness, legal protection and habitat protection.
It has not been successfully propagated.
This book is the first Red List assessment of the entire Cayman Islands flora, covering all 415 species and varieties considered truly native to the Cayman Islands.
Manuel Dequito and Michelle air-layering Casearia staffordiae on the Mastic Trail, Feb. 4, 2009.
FLORA of the CAYMAN ISLANDS
by Frederic J. Burton 2008
Needs - Ex situ propagation, seed banking, awareness, legal protection and habitat protection.
It has not been successfully propagated.
by George R. Proctor 2012
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