Celastraceae

The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera<ref name = powo/> and 1,350 species<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">Template:Cite journal</ref> of herbs, 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, and Parnassia (bog-stars) found in alpine and arctic climates.

Of the 98 currently recognized genera of the family Celastraceae, 19 are native to Madagascar and these include at least 57 currently recognized species. Six of these 19 genera (Brexiella, Evonymopsis, Hartogiopsis, Polycardia, Ptelidium, and Salvadoropsis) are endemic to Madagascar.<ref name=Bacon2016>Template:Cite journal</ref> These genera each have distinctive traits and functions of their own.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Genera

98 genera are accepted by Plants of the World Online Template:As of:<ref name = powo/>

• Acanthothamnus Template:Small
• Allocassine Template:Small
• Anthodon Template:Small
• Apatophyllum Template:Small
• Apodostigma Template:Small
• Arnicratea Template:Small
• Bequaertia Template:Small
• Brassiantha Template:Small
• Brexia Template:Small
• Brexiella Template:Small
• Campylostemon Template:Small
• Canotia Template:Small – crucifixion thorn
• Cassine Template:Small
• Catha Template:Small – khat
• Celastrus Template:Small – staff vine or staff tree
• Cheiloclinium Template:Small
• Crossopetalum Template:Small
• Cuervea Template:Small
• Denhamia Template:Small
• Dicarpellum Template:Small
• Dinghoua Template:Small
• Elachyptera Template:Small
• Elaeodendron Template:Small
• Empleuridium Template:Small
• Euonymus Template:Small – spindle
• Evonymopsis Template:Small
• Fraunhofera Template:Small
• Glyptopetalum Template:Small
• Goniodiscus Template:Small
• Gyminda Template:Small
• Gymnosporia Template:Small
• Hartogiopsis Template:Small
• Haydenoxylon Template:Small
• Hedraianthera Template:Small
• Helictonema Template:Small
• Hexaspora Template:Small
• Hippocratea Template:Small
• Hylenaea Template:Small
• Hypsophila Template:Small
• Kokoona Template:Small
• Lauridia Template:Small
• Lepuropetalon Template:Small
• Loeseneriella Template:Small
• Lophopetalum Template:Small
• Lydenburgia Template:Small
• Macgregoria Template:Small
• Maurocenia Template:Small
• Maytenus Template:Small – mayten
• Menepetalum Template:Small
• Microtropis Template:Small
• Monimopetalum Template:Small
• Mortonia Template:Small
• Mystroxylon Template:Small
• Nicobariodendron Template:Small
• Orthosphenia Template:Small
• Parnassia Template:Small
• Paxistima Template:Small
• Peripterygia Template:Small
• Peritassa Template:Small
• Plagiopteron Template:Small
• Platypterocarpus Template:Small
• Plenckia Template:Small
• Pleurostylia Template:Small
• Polycardia Template:Small
• Pottingeria Template:Small
• Prionostemma Template:Small
• Pristimera Template:Small
• Psammomoya Template:Small
• Pseudosalacia Template:Small
• Ptelidium Template:Small
• Pterocelastrus Template:Small
• Putterlickia Template:Small
• Quetzalia Template:Small
• Reissantia Template:Small
• Robsonodendron Template:Small
• Rzedowskia Template:Small
• Salacia Template:Small
• Salacighia Template:Small
• Salaciopsis Template:Small
• Salvadoropsis Template:Small
• Sarawakodendron Template:Small
• Schaefferia Template:Small
• Semialarium Template:Small
• Simicratea Template:Small
• Siphonodon Template:Small
• Stackhousia Template:Small
• Tetrasiphon Template:Small
• Thyrsosalacia Template:Small
• Tontelea Template:Small
• Torralbasia Template:Small
• Tripterococcus Template:Small
• Tripterygium Template:Small
• Tristemonanthus Template:Small
• Trochantha Template:Small
• Wilczekra Template:Small
• Wimmeria Template:Small
• Xylonymus Template:Small
• Zinowiewia Template:Small

Fossil genera

• †Celastrinites

References

• University of Maryland: Cronquist Family Synonymy for Celastraceae

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