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
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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