Checklist: Celastraceae

CELASTRACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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BREXIACEAE 
Literature:  
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  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
4626.000 MAYTENUS Molina 
Maytenus acuminata (L.f.) Loes.
var. acuminata
Maytenus undata (Thunb.) Blakelock
Celastrus undatus Thunb.
Gymnosporia arbutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Loes.
Maytenus arbutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) R.Wilczek
Gymnosporia buchananii Loes.
Maytenus buchananii (Loes.) Wilczek
Maytenus edgari Exell & Mendonça
Gymnosporia gracilipes (Welw. ex Oliv.) Loes.
subsp. arguta (Loes.) Jordaan
Maytenus arguta (Loes.) N.Robson
Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Loes.
Maytenus heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.Robson
Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes.
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell
  
4640.000 ELAEODENDRON Jacq. 
Elaeodendron buchananii (Loes.) Loes.
Cassine buchananii Loes.
  
4642.000 MYSTROXYLON Eckl. & Zeyh. 
Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes.
Cassine aethiopica Thunb.
Cassine schlechteri (Loes.) Davison
Cassine sphaerophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
Cassine velutinum (Loes. ex Harv.) Davison
Elaeodendron aethiopicum (Thunb.) Oliv.
Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. subsp. schlechteri (Loes.) R.H. Archer
Mystroxylon schlechteri Loes.
  
4646.000 PLEUROSTYLIA Wight & Arn. 
Pleurostylia africana Loes.
Pleurostylia heynei Wight & Arn, var. acutifolia Suess.
  
4661.000 HIPPOCRATEA L. 
APODOSTIGMA R. Wilczek 
ELACHYPTERA A.C. Sm. 
LOESENERIELLA A.C. Sm. 
PRIONOSTEMMA Miers 
PRISTIMERA Miers 
REISSANTIA N. Hallé 
SIMIRESTIS N. Hallé 
Hippocratea africana (Willd.) Loes.
var. richardiana (Cambess.) N. Robson
Loeseneriella africana (Willd.) N. Hallé var. richardiana (Cambess.) N. Hallé
Hippocratea apocynoides Welw. ex Oliv.
subsp. apocynoides
Hippocratea goetzei Loes.
Simirestis goetzei (Loes) R. Wilczek
Hippocratea parvifolia Oliv.
Elachyptera parvifolia (Oliv.) N. Hallé
Hippocratea indica (Willd.) N. Hallé var. parvifolia (N.E. Br.) Blakelock
  
4662.000 SALACIA L. 
Salacia elegans Welw. ex Oliv.
Salacia erecta (G. Don) Walp.

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