staff-vine family
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae, also known as the staff-vine or bittersweet family, are a family of 99 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), Maytenus and Stackhousia widespread in temperate climates, and Parnassia (bog-stars) found in alpine and arctic climates.
Of the 99 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.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
spindles
genusEuonymus
bittersweets
genusCelastrus
Parnassieae
tribeParnassieae
Koko Trees
genusMaytenus
Spikethorns
genusGymnosporia
Mountain-Lovers
genusPaxistima
Stackhousia
genusStackhousia
Elaeodendron
genusElaeodendron
Denhamia
genusDenhamia
Pterocelastrus
genusPterocelastrus
Spoonwoods
genusCassine
Mystroxylon
genusMystroxylon
Canotia
genusCanotia
Spikethorns
genusPutterlickia
Mortonia
genusMortonia
Crossopetalum
genusCrossopetalum
Schaefferia
genusSchaefferia
Salacia
genusSalacia
Lauridia
genusLauridia
Tripterococcus
genusTripterococcus
Loeseneriella
genusLoeseneriella
Hippocratea
genusHippocratea
Cape Bushcherries
genusMaurocenia
Siphonodon
genusSiphonodon
Hedraianthera
genusHedraianthera
Robsonodendron
genusRobsonodendron
Tripterygium
genusTripterygium
Catha
genusCatha
Gloveria
genusGloveria
Wimmeria
genusWimmeria
Pristimera
genusPristimera
Semialarium
genusSemialarium
Microtropis
genusMicrotropis
Pleurostylia
genusPleurostylia
Brexia
genusBrexia
Macgregoria
genusMacgregoria
Brexiella
genusBrexiella
Lophopetalum
genusLophopetalum
Gyminda
genusGyminda
Polycardia
genusPolycardia
Reissantia
genusReissantia
Lydenburgia
genusLydenburgia
Zinowiewia
genusZinowiewia
Psammomoya
genusPsammomoya
Peripterygia
genusPeripterygia
Prionostemma
genusPrionostemma
Peritassa
genusPeritassa
Tontelea
genusTontelea
Plenckia
genusPlenckia
Cheiloclinium
genusCheiloclinium
Hypsophila
genusHypsophila
Acanthothamnus
genusAcanthothamnus
Allocassine
genusAllocassine
Elachyptera
genusElachyptera
Dicarpellum
genusDicarpellum
Glyptopetalum
genusGlyptopetalum
Pseudosalacia
genusPseudosalacia
Monimopetalum
genusMonimopetalum
Hylenaea
genusHylenaea
Salaciopsis
genusSalaciopsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47539.