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The Celastraceae (or staff vine
Staff vine

The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs and vines....
 or bittersweet family; syn. Canotiaceae, Chingithamnaceae, Euonymaceae, Goupiaceae, Lophopyxidaceae, and Siphonodontaceae in Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
), is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vine
Vine

A vine is any plant of genus Grape or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vinea, referred to the grape-bearing variety....
s, shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s and small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s, belonging to the order Celastrales
Celastrales

The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. Newer classifications include the following three families:...
. The great majority of the genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vine
Staff vine

The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs and vines....
s), Euonymus (the spindles) and Maytenus widespread in temperate
Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally mild, rather than extreme hot or cold....
 climates.

There are about 90-100 genera, including:






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The Celastraceae (or staff vine
Staff vine

The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs and vines....
 or bittersweet family; syn. Canotiaceae, Chingithamnaceae, Euonymaceae, Goupiaceae, Lophopyxidaceae, and Siphonodontaceae in Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
), is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vine
Vine

A vine is any plant of genus Grape or, by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant. The word, derived from Latin vinea, referred to the grape-bearing variety....
s, shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s and small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s, belonging to the order Celastrales
Celastrales

The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. Newer classifications include the following three families:...
. The great majority of the genera
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vine
Staff vine

The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs and vines....
s), Euonymus (the spindles) and Maytenus widespread in temperate
Temperate

In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally mild, rather than extreme hot or cold....
 climates.

There are about 90-100 genera, including:
  • Canotia - Crucifixion Thorn
  • Cassine
  • Catha
    Khat

    Khat , also known as qat, qaat, quat, gat, jaad, chat, chad, chaad and miraa, is a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula....
     – Khat
  • Celastrus – Staff vine or Staff tree
  • Euonymus
    Euonymus

    The spindles, genus Euonymus, comprise about 170?180 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees. They live mostly in East Asia, including the Himalayas, and they also have a distribution in Europe, Asia, Australasia, North America and Madagascar....
     – Spindle
  • Kokoona
    Kokoona

    Kokoona is a genus of plant in family Celastraceae.Species include:* Kokoona coriacea, George King * Kokoona leucoclada, Kochummen...
  • Lophopetalum
    Lophopetalum

    Lophopetalum is a genus of plant in family Celastraceae.Species include:* Lophopetalum javanicum Turcz.* Lophopetalum arnhemicum Byrnes...
  • Maytenus – Maiten
  • Mortonia
    Mortonia

    Mortonia is a small genus of flowering shrubs known as saddlebushes or mortonias. These are rough, hairy shrubs with leathery leaves and panicles of fleshy white to purplish flowers....
     – Mortonia
  • Pachistima
    Pachistima

    Pachistima, nicknamed cliff-green or mountain lover, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae, related to Euonymus. Canby pachistima looks similar to Pachysandra, but they are not related....
  • Putterlickia
  • Schaefferia
    Schaefferia

    Schaefferia is a genus of shrubs and small trees found in the Neotropics. The plants are dioecious, with flowers that are unisexual by abortion....
  • Tripterygium
    Tripterygium

    Tripterygium is a genus of plants in the Celastraceae family. It's only species Tripterygium wilfordii is used in traditional Chinese medicine....
  • Wimmeria
    Wimmeria

    Wimmeria is a genus of shrubs to small trees in the family Celastraceae. It is named after German botanist Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer ....