Celastraceae
| Celastraceae | |
|---|---|
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| Oriental Staff Vine (Celastrus orbiculatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae R.Br.[1] |
| Subfamilies | |
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Celastroideae | |
Fruit of Loeseneriella africana
Inflorescence of Gymnosporia senegalensis
Celastraceae (the staff vine or bittersweet family; syn. Canotiaceae, Chingithamnaceae, Euonymaceae, Goupiaceae, Lophopyxidaceae, and Siphonodontaceae in Cronquist system), is a family of about 90–100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vines), Euonymus (the spindles) and Maytenus widespread in temperate climates.
There are about 100 genera. Common names for some of them are as follows.
- Canotia – Crucifixion Thorn
- Catha – Khat
- Celastrus – Staff vine or Staff tree
- Euonymus – Spindle
- Maytenus – Maiten
A complete list of the genera is given below.
Genera
- Acanthothamnus
- Allocassine
- Anthodon
- Apatophyllum
- Apodostigma
- Arnicratea
- Bequaertia
- Brassiantha
- Brexia
- Brexiella
- Campylostemon
- Canotia
- Cassine
- Catha
- Celastrus
- Cheiloclinium
- Crocoxylon
- Crossopetalum
- Cuervea
- Denhamia
- Dicarpellum
- Elachyptera
- Elaeodendron
- Empleuridium
- Euonymus
- Euonymopsis
- Fraunhofera
- Gloveria
- Glyptopetalum
- Goniodiscus
- Gyminda
- Gymnosporia
- Hartogiella
- Hartogiopsis
- Hedraianthera
- Helictonema
- Hexaspora
- Hippocratea
- Hylenaea
- Hypsophila
- Kokoona
- Lauridia
- Loeseneriella
- Lophopetalum
- Lydenburgia
- Macgregoria
- Maurocenia
- Maytenus
- Menepetalum
- Microtropis
- Monimopetalum
- Mortonia
- Moya
- Mystroxylon
- Orthosphenia
- Parnassia
- Paxistima
- Peripterygia
- Peritassa
- Plagiopteron
- Platypterocarpus
- Plenckia
- Pleurostylia
- Polycardia
- Prionostemma
- Pristimera
- Psammomoya
- Pseudocatha
- Pseudosalacia
- Ptelidium
- Pterocelastrus
- Putterlickia
- Quetzalia
- Reissantia
- Robsonodendron
- Rzedowskia
- Salacia
- Salacighia
- Salaciopsis
- Salvadoropsis
- Sarawakodendron
- Scandivepres
- Schaefferia
- Semialarium
- Simicratea
- Simirestis
- Siphonodon
- Stackhousia
- Tetrasiphon
- Thyrosalacia
- Tontelea
- Torralbasia
- Tricerma
- Tripterococcus
- Tripterygium
- Tristemonanthus
- Wimmeria
- Xylonymus
- Zinowiewia
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ↑ "Celastraceae R. Br., nom. cons.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-01-17. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
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