Celastrus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Celastrus
Species: C. aculeatus – C. alnifolius – C. angulatus – C. annamensis – C. australis – C. caseariifolius – C. cuneatus – C. flagellaris – C. franchetiana – C. gemmatus – C. glaucophyllus – C. grenadensis – C. hindsii – C. hirsutus – C. homaliifolius – C. hookeri – C. hypoleucoides – C. hypoleucus – C. kusanoi – C. membranifolius – C. meridensis – C. microcarpus – C. monospermoides – C. monospermus – C. novoguineensis – C. oblanceifolius – C. obovatifolius – C. orbiculatus – C. pachyrhachis – C. paniculatus – C. pringlei – C. punctatus – C. richii – C. rosthornianus – C. rugosus – C. scandens – C. stephanotifolius – C. stylosus – C. subspicatus – C. tetramerus – C. tonkinensis – C. vaniotii – C. virens – C. vulcanicola – C. yuloensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Celastrus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 30. Reference page.

Name

Celastrus L. (1753), nom. cons. & gend. cons.

Type species: C. scandens L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Euonymoides Medik., Philos. Bot. 1: 173. 1789, nom. illeg.
Evonimoides Duhamel, Traité Arbres Arbust. 1: 223. 1755, nom. illeg.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 196.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Celastrus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Celastrus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Celastrus. Published online. Accessed: September 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Celastrus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 30.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Celastrus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
Genus page and species list at the Flora of China
species list at the Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal
Celastrus at the Flora of Australia Online

Vernacular names
беларуская: Дрэвагубца
čeština: Zimokeř
dansk: Celaster
Deutsch: Baumwürger
English: Staff vines
suomi: Kelasköynnökset
polski: Dławisz

Celastrus, commonly known as staff vine, staff tree or bittersweet, is a genus in the family Celastraceae which comprises about 30-40 species of shrubs and vines. They have a wide distribution in East Asia, Australasia, Africa, and the Americas.
Celastrus orbiculatus

The leaves are alternate and simple, ovoid, and typically 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) long. The flowers are small, white, pink or greenish, and borne in long panicles; the fruit is a three-valved berry.

In North America, they are known as bittersweet, presumably a result of confusion with the unrelated bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) by early colonists. C. orbiculatus is a serious invasive weed in much of eastern North America.
Selected species

Celastrus angulatus Maxim. – Chinese staff vine
Celastrus australis – Australian staff vine
Celastrus dispermus – orange boxwood
Celastrus flagellaris Rupr.
Celastrus gemmatus Loes.
Celastrus hindsii Benth.
Celastrus monospermus Roxb.
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. – Oriental bittersweet
Celastrus paniculatus Willd. - peng
Celastrus pyracanthus – South African staff vine
Celastrus rosthornianus Loes.
Celastrus scandens L. – American bittersweet
Celastrus stylosus Wall.
Celastrus vaniotii (H.Lév.) Rehder[2]

References

"Celastrus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
"Species Records of Celastrus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-04-16.