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The Celastraceae (or staff vine or bittersweet family; syn. Canotiaceae, Chingithamnaceae, Euonymaceae, Goupiaceae, Lophopyxidaceae, and Siphonodontaceae in Cronquist system), is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Dicotyledons, or "dicots", is a name for a group of Flowering plants whose Seed typically has two embryonic leaves or Cotyledons There The Celastrales are an order of Flowering plants included within the rosid subgroup of Dicotyledons Newer classifications include the following three families Robert Brown FRS ( 21 December, 1773 &ndash 10 June, 1858) was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botanist The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of Shrubs and Vines The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of Shrubs and Vines This article deals with the general meaning of the term "synonym" A system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or Angiosperms) A vine is any plant of Genus Vitis (the Grape plants or by extension any similar climbing or trailing plant A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or The Celastrales are an order of Flowering plants included within the rosid subgroup of Dicotyledons Newer classifications include the following three families The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vines) and Euonymus (the spindles) widespread in temperate climates. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of Shrubs and Vines The spindles, genus Euonymus, comprise about 170-180 species of Deciduous and Evergreen Shrubs and small Trees They
There are about 90-100 genera, including: