Scientific name Celastraceae Rank Family | ||
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The Celastraceae (syn. Brexiaceae, Canotiaceae, Chingithamnaceae, Euonymaceae, Parnassiaceae, Siphonodontaceae, and Stackhousiaceae), are a family (the staff vine or bittersweet family) of 96 genera and 1,350 species 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.
Contents
The roughly 100 genera include (with common names for some of them):
Maytenus ilicifolia celastraceae planta medicinal espinheira santa
Genera
A complete list of the genera is:
References
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