The Parent order is - Celestrales
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Woody Family Celastraceae

Data on a chosen woody family known under an order

Common Names - Staff-tree or Bittersweet FamilySynonyms -
Authority - R. Br.Total Number of genera - 100
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - AngiospermTotal Number of species - 1300
Plant forms - Tree/Shrub/Liane
World Distribution - Sub-tropical and tropical (most), or temperate (fewer). Cosmopolitan The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vines), Euonymus (the spindles) and Maytenus widespread in temperate climates.
Comments - Syn. Canotiaceae, Chingithamnaceae, Euonymaceae, Goupiaceae, Lophopyxidaceae, and Siphonodontaceae


Woody Genera of Celastraceae

Each link leads to more information on the chosen botanical families

1 - Apodostigma.
2 - Bequaertia.
3 - Bhesa.
4 - Campylostemon.
5 - Canotia.
6 - Cassine.
7 - Catha.
8 - Celastrus.
9 - Crossopetalum.
10 - Denhamia.
11 - Elachyptera.
12 - Elaeodendron.
13 - Eunonymus.
14 - Goupia.
15 - Gyminda.
16 - Gymnosporia.
17 - Hedraianthera.
18 - Kokoona.
19 - Kurrimia.
20 - Lophopetalum.
21 - Maytenus.
22 - Microtropis.
23 - Mortonia.
24 - Myginda.
25 - Mystroxylon.
26 - Pachistima.
27 - Pachystima.
28 - Perrottetia.
29 - Pleurostylia.
30 - Pristimera.
31 - Pterocelastrus.
32 - Putterlickia.
33 - Rhacoma.
34 - Tempuianthus.
35 - Tripterygium.
36 - Wimmeria.
37 - Zinowiewia.



End of Listing Woody Families of Celastraceae