Celastraceae

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Celastraceae
Celastrus orbiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Celastrales Family: Celastraceae R.Br.
Genera
About 90-100 genera, including: Cassine – Catha – Khat Celastrus – Staff vine or Staff tree Euonymus – Spindle Maytenus – Maiten Mortonia – Mortonia Pachistima Putterlickia Tripterygium

The Celastraceae (or 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) and Euonymus (the spindles) widespread in temperate climates.

[edit] References

• University of Maryland: Cronquist Family Synonymy for Celastraceae