Celastrus Linnaeus 1753 (bittersweet)

Angiospermae - Celastrales - Celastraceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Celastraceae according to X. Q. Liang and Z. K. Zhou 2016

See also Knowlton 1899, Knowlton 1919, Knowlton 1926, Liu et al. 1996, Mabberley 2000 and MacGinitie 1941

Sister taxa: Asterocelastrus, Canticarpum, Cathispermum, Celastrinanthium, Celastrinites, Celastrinoxylon, Celastrocarpus, Elaeodendron, Elaeodendroxylon, Euonymus, Goupioxylon, Gyminda, Gymnosporioxylon, Lophopetalumoxylon, Maytenus, Mystroxylon, Pachystima, Perrottetia, Perrottetioxylon

Subtaxa: Celastrus alnifolius Celastrus arctica Celastrus borealis Celastrus bruckmanni Celastrus bruckmannifolia Celastrus caducidentatus Celastrus colignitica Celastrus confluens Celastrus culveri Celastrus curvinervis Celastrus dignatus Celastrus ellipticus Celastrus fernquisti Celastrus ferrugineus Celastrus fraxinifolius Celastrus gaudini Celastrus grewiopsis Celastrus haddeni Celastrus hesperius Celastrus inaequalis Celastrus lacoei Celastrus lindgreni Celastrus minor Celastrus montanensis Celastrus ovatus Celastrus preangulata Celastrus pterospermoides Celastrus serratus Celastrus taurinensis Celastrus veatchi Celastrus wardii

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (3 collections), Cuba (1), United States (3: Montana, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado)

• Eocene of United States (6: California, Colorado, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of United States (20: North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences

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