Celastrus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κήλαστρος (kḗlastros, “holly”).
Proper noun
Celastrus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – the staff vines and bittersweets.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Celastrales - order; Celastraceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet) - type species; Celastrus orbiculatus (oriental bittersweet) - selected other species; for other species see
Celastrus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Celastrus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Celastrus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Celastrus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Celastrus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Celestrales at Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
- Celastrus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Celastrus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Celastrus at USDA Plants database
- Celastrus at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Celastrus at Tropicos
- Celastrus at The Plant List