| Staff vine | |
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| Celastrus scandens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Celastrus L. |
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Celastrus, commonly known as staff vine, staff tree or bittersweet, is the type genus of the family Celastraceae; it contains over 40 species of shrubs and vines, which have a wide distribution in East Asia, Australasia, Africa, and the Americas.
Description
The leaves are alternate and simple, ovoid, and typically 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) long. The flowers are small, white, pink or greenish, and borne in long panicles; the fruit is a three-valved berry.
In North America, they are known as bittersweet, presumably a result of confusion with the unrelated bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) by early colonists. C. orbiculatus is a serious invasive weed in much of eastern North America.
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:
- Celastrus aculeatus Merr.
- Celastrus angulatus Maxim.
- Celastrus australis Harv. & F.Muell. – Australian staff vine
- Celastrus caseariifolius Lundell
- Celastrus cuneatus (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) C.Y.Cheng & T.C.Kao
- Celastrus flagellaris Rupr.
- Celastrus franchetianus Loes.
- Celastrus gemmatus Loes.
- Celastrus glaucophyllus Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Celastrus grenadensis Urb.
- Celastrus hindsii Benth.
- Celastrus hirsutus H.F.Comber
- Celastrus homaliifolius P.S.Hsu
- Celastrus hookeri Prain
- Celastrus hypoleucoides P.L.Chiu
- Celastrus hypoleucus (Oliv.) Warb. ex Loes.
- Celastrus kusanoi Hayata
- Celastrus lenticellatus Lundell
- Celastrus madagascariensis Loes.
- Celastrus membranifolius Prain
- Celastrus microcarpus D.Don
- Celastrus monospermoides Loes.
- Celastrus monospermus Roxb.
- Celastrus novoguineensis Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Celastrus oblanceifolius Chen H.Wang & P.C.Tsoong
- Celastrus obovatifolius X.Y.Mu & Z.X.Zhang
- Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. – Oriental bittersweet
- Celastrus panamensis Lundell
- Celastrus paniculatus Willd. – black oil plant, climbing staff tree, or intellect tree
- Celastrus pringlei Rose
- Celastrus punctatus Thunb.
- Celastrus richii A.Gray
- Celastrus rosthornianus Loes.
- Celastrus rugosus Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Celastrus scandens L. – American bittersweet
- Celastrus stephanotiifolius (Makino) Makino
- Celastrus stylosus Wall.
- Celastrus subspicatus Hook.
- Celastrus tonkinensis Pit.
- Celastrus vaniotii (H.Lév.) Rehder
- Celastrus virens (F.T.Wang & T.Tang) C.Y.Cheng & T.C.Kao
- Celastrus vulcanicola Donn.Sm.
- Celastrus yuloensis X.Y.Mu
- Celastrus zhejiangensis P.L.Chiu, G.Y.Li & Z.H.Chen
References
- "Celastrus L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ Plants of the World Online: Celastrus L. (retrieved 10 September 2023)
- "Species Records of Celastrus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
External links
Media related to Celastrus at Wikimedia Commons
