# Castela

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Other uses|Castela (disambiguation)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Castela_emoryi.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Castela emoryi](/source/Castela_emoryi)''
|taxon = Castela
|authority = [Turp.](/source/Pierre_Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_Turpin)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 17 - See text
|synonyms = ''Holacantha'' <small>A.Gray</small><br/>
''Neocastela'' <small>Small</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2158 |title=Genus: ''Castela'' Turpin |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2007-10-05 |access-date=2010-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008000821/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2158 |archive-date=2012-10-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

'''''Castela''''' is a genus of thorny shrubs and small trees in the family [Simaroubaceae](/source/Simaroubaceae). Members of the genus are native to the [Americas](/source/Americas), especially the tropical regions. The generic name honours the French naturalist [René Richard Louis Castel](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Richard_Louis_Castel). ''Castela'' is [dioecious](/source/dioecious), with male and female flowers on separate plants.<ref>{{cite thesis|title= Evolutionary history of Simaroubaceae (Sapindales): Systematics, biogeography and diversification|last=Clayton|first=Joshua William|publisher= University of Florida|date=2008|type=PhD|url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0017000/00001}}</ref>

==Species==
There are 17 accepted species:<ref name = potw>"''Castela'' Turpin". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 6 October 2021.</ref>
*''[Castela calcicola](/source/Castela_calcicola)'' <small>(Britton & Small) Ekman ex Urb.</small>
*''[Castela coccinea](/source/Castela_coccinea)'' <small>Griseb.</small>
*''[Castela depressa](/source/Castela_depressa)'' <small>Turpin</small>
*''[Castela emoryi](/source/Castela_emoryi)'' <small>(A.Gray) Moran & Felger</small> &ndash; Crucifixion thorn
*''[Castela erecta](/source/Castela_erecta)'' <small>Turp.</small> &ndash; Goatbush
*''[Castela galapageia](/source/Castela_galapageia)'' &ndash; Bitterbush
*''[Castela jacquiniifolia](/source/Castela_jacquiniifolia)'' <small>(Small) Ekman ex Urb.</small>
*''[Castela leonis](/source/Castela_leonis)'' <small>Acuña & Roíg</small>
*''[Castela macrophylla](/source/Castela_macrophylla)'' <small>Urb.</small>
*''[Castela peninsularis](/source/Castela_peninsularis)'' <small>Rose</small>
*''[Castela polyandra](/source/Castela_polyandra)'' <small>Moran & Felger</small>
*''[Castela retusa](/source/Castela_retusa)'' <small>Liebm.</small>
*''[Castela spinosa](/source/Castela_spinosa)'' <small>Cronquist</small>
*''[Castela stewartii](/source/Castela_stewartii)'' <small>(C.H.Müll.) Moran & Felger</small>
*''[Castela tortuosa](/source/Castela_tortuosa)'' <small>Liebm.</small>
*''[Castela tweediei](/source/Castela_tweediei)'' <small>Planch.</small>
*''[Castela victorinii](/source/Castela_victorinii)'' <small>Acuña & Roíg</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Castela|''Castela''}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Castela|''Castela''}}
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7617,7620 Jepson Manual Treatment]

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Category:Simaroubaceae
Category:Sapindales genera
Category:Dioecious plants

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