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Celastraceae
Celastrus

not marked as a favorite taxon Celastrus Linnaeus. Common name: Bittersweet.

Key to Celastrus

A genus of about 30 species, lianas, primarily in e. Asia, Malaysia, Oceania, Madagascar, and Central and South America. The one species native to e. North America is related to e. Asian species. The grammatical gender of the genus has been conserved as masculine (Brummitt 2005).

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Subfamily: Celastroideae.

References: Duncan (1969); Leicht-Young et al. (2007); Ma & Levin (2016a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016); Simmons In Kubitzki et al. (2004); Simmons, Lombardi, & Biral (2023). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Celastrus© Scott Ward | Celastrus scandens | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Celastrus© Gary P. Fleming | Celastrus orbiculatus | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Celastrus© Gary P. Fleming | Celastrus scandens | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Celastrus© Erik Danielson | Celastrus orbiculatus source
image #5 of Celastrus© Scott Ward | Celastrus scandens
image #6 of Celastrus© J.W. Hardin | Celastrus orbiculatus
image #7 of Celastrus© Scott Ward | Celastrus scandens | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Celastrus© Gary P. Fleming | Celastrus orbiculatus | Original Image ⭷

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