? Celastraceae
Celastrus orbiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Celastrales Family: Celastraceae R.Br.
Genera
About 90-100 genera, including: Cassine– Catha– Khat Celastrus– Staff vineor Staff tree Euonymus– Spindle Maytenus– Maiten Mortonia– Mortonia Paxistima Putterlickia Tripterygium

The Celastraceae, or staff vine family, is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vines) and Euonymus (the spindles) widespread in temperate climates. Staff vine - US NPS photo [1] File links The following pages link to this file: Celastraceae Staff vine Categories: National Park Service images ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Celastraceae (staff vine family) Parnassiaceae Lepidobotryaceae The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. ... Robert Brown (1773–1858) Robert Brown (December 21, 1773–June 10, 1858) is acknowledged as the leading British botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century. ... Binomial name Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ... Species About 30, including: Celastrus angulatus - Chinese staff vine Celastrus australis - Australian staff vine Celastrus dispermus - Orange boxwood Celastrus pyracanthus - South african staff vine Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental staff vine Celastrus scandens - American staff vine The staff vines, also known as staff trees, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs... Species About 30, including: Celastrus angulatus - Chinese staff vine Celastrus australis - Australian staff vine Celastrus dispermus - Orange boxwood Celastrus pyracanthus - South african staff vine Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental staff vine Celastrus scandens - American staff vine The staff vines, also known as staff trees, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs... Species Euonymus alatus - Winged Spindle Euonymus americanus - Strawberry-bush Spindle Euonymus atropurpureus - Eastern Burning-bush Euonymus europaeus - European Spindle Euonymus fortunei - Fortunes Spindle Euonymus japonicus - Japanese Spindle Euonymus obovatus - Euonymus occidentalis - Western Burning-bush The spindles, genus Euonymus, comprise about 170-180 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and... Species Euonymus alatus - Winged Spindle Euonymus americanus - Strawberry-bush Spindle Euonymus atropurpureus - Eastern Burning-bush Euonymus europaeus - European Spindle Euonymus fortunei - Fortunes Spindle Euonymus japonicus - Japanese Spindle Euonymus obovatus - Euonymus occidentalis - Western Burning-bush The spindles, genus Euonymus, comprise about 170-180 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and... Species About 30, including: Celastrus angulatus - Chinese staff vine Celastrus australis - Australian staff vine Celastrus dispermus - Orange boxwood Celastrus pyracanthus - South african staff vine Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental staff vine Celastrus scandens - American staff vine The staff vines, also known as staff trees, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs... The term vine was originally a term for the plant on which grapes grew, from the word for wine (Greek oinos), for which grapes were grown. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... Families Celastraceae (staff vine family) Parnassiaceae Lepidobotryaceae The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... Species About 30, including: Celastrus angulatus - Chinese staff vine Celastrus australis - Australian staff vine Celastrus dispermus - Orange boxwood Celastrus pyracanthus - South african staff vine Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental staff vine Celastrus scandens - American staff vine The staff vines, also known as staff trees, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs... Species Euonymus alatus - Winged Spindle Euonymus americanus - Strawberry-bush Spindle Euonymus atropurpureus - Eastern Burning-bush Euonymus europaeus - European Spindle Euonymus fortunei - Fortunes Spindle Euonymus japonicus - Japanese Spindle Euonymus obovatus - Euonymus occidentalis - Western Burning-bush The spindles, genus Euonymus, comprise about 170-180 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and... In geography, temperate latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. ...