Celastrales

Encyclopedia : C : CE : CEL : Celastrales

The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. Newer classifications include the following three families:

Family Celastraceae (staff vine family)
Family Parnassiaceae
Family Lepidobotryaceae

Under the older Cronquist system, the order included a larger group of families:

Family Celastraceae
Family Geissolomataceae
Family Hippocrateaceae
Family Stackhousiaceae
Family Salvadoraceae
Family Tepuianthaceae
Family Aquifoliaceae
Family Icacinaceae
Family Aextoxicaceae
Family Cardiopteridaceae
Family Corynocarpaceae
Family Dichapetalaceae

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.