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[ Celaenodendron ] [ Celastrus ] [ Celerina ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Celastrus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Celastrus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Celastranae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 371. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Celastrales Baskerville pub. Aff. Pl.: 104. 1839.       Subordo  Celastrineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Celastraceae R. Br. in Flinders pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 554. 19 Jul 1814. common name: Bittersweets       Subfamilia  Celastroideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 621, 1140. Jun 1835.    Tribus  Celastreae Rchb. pub. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 301. 1-7 Oct 1837.    Subtribus  Celastrinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 359. 7 Aug 1862.    Genus  Celastrus L. pub. (1753) common name: bittersweet

Named members of the Genus Celastrus

1	Species  alatus Thunb. syn. Euonymus alata
2	Species  edulis Vahl syn. Catha edulis
3	Species  orbiculata Thunb. common name: Asian bittersweet
4	Species  orbiculatus Thunb. common name: oriental bittersweet
5	Species  scandens L. common name: American bittersweet

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.