Celastraceae - Spike thorn family
Brexiaceae
Robson, N.K.B. (1966) Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2)
Robson, N.K.B., Hallé, N., Mathew, B. & Blakelock, R. (1994) Celastraceae Flora of Tropical East Africa
Description of the family
Trees, shrubs or woody climbers, sometimes spiny. Stipules present or 0. Leaves simple, alternate, subopposite or opposite, sometimes fasciculate on short shoots, typically glabrous and coriaceous. Flowers bisexual, polygamous or unisexual, actinomorphic, in axillary and/or terminal cymes, panicles or thyrses, sometimes with accessory branches, sometimes fasciculate or solitary. Sepals and petals (3-)4-5(-6). Disk usually present. Ovary 2-5-locular, or 1-locular by abortion. Fruit a loculicidal capsule or composed of mericarps or baccate or drupaceous or dry and indehiscent. Seeds may be arillate or winged. Worldwide: 88 genera and 1300 species, mainly tropical with some termperate. Mozambique: 13 genera and 53 taxa. |
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Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Allocassine N. Robson | Description |
| Brexia Noronha ex Thouars | Description, Image |
| Catha Forssk. ex Scop. | Description, Image |
| Crossopetalum P. Browne | Description |
| Elaeodendron Jacq. | Description, Image |
| Gymnosporia (Wight & Arn.) Hook. f. | Description, Image |
| Hippocratea L. | Description, Image |
| Maytenus Molina | Description, Image |
| Mystroxylon Eckl. & Zeyh. | Description, Image |
| Pleurostylia Wight & Arn. | Description, Image |
| Pterocelastrus Meisn. | Description, Image |
| Putterlickia Endl. | Description |
| Salacia L. | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Celastraceae
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CelastraceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Celastraceae
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Celastraceae
Wikipedia: Celastraceae
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