Celastraceae

Genera 98 Accepted species 1,357 Documented here 193 Coverage 14%

We document 193 of the 1,357 accepted species in Celastraceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 46 of 98

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Maytenus 25 177
Euonymus 24 143
Gymnosporia 24 116
Parnassia 11 56
Celastrus 10 44
Elaeodendron 10 39
Salacia 7 215
Stackhousia 7 17
Crossopetalum 6 35
Denhamia 6 17
Wimmeria 5 17
Loeseneriella 4 29
Pleurostylia 4 6
Microtropis 3 65
Mortonia 3 7
Pristimera 3 37
Pterocelastrus 3 4
Putterlickia 3 5
Schaefferia 3 15
Cassine 2 12
Glyptopetalum 2 34
Gyminda 2 4
Reissantia 2 9
Robsonodendron 2 2
Allocassine 1 1
Brexia 1 4
Brexiella 1 2
Canotia 1 2
Catha 1 1
Cuervea 1 7
Hedraianthera 1 1
Hippocratea 1 4
Lauridia 1 2
Lepuropetalon 1 1
Lophopetalum 1 20
Lydenburgia 1 2
Maurocenia 1 1
Mystroxylon 1 2
Orthosphenia 1 1
Paxistima 1 2
Quetzalia 1 8
Semialarium 1 2
Siphonodon 1 6
Tripterococcus 1 1
Tripterygium 1 3
Zinowiewia 1 14

Genera we do not yet document 52 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.