Celastraceae
Celastraceae R.Br., Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 554. 1814. nom. cons. 'Staff-Tree Family'
Characteristic Features:
Trees, shrubs and lianas
Inflorescence cymose, bearing small, greenish flowers
Ovary usually surrounded by nectary disc situated inside the point of stamen attachment and often adnate to the stamens
Ovary has two ovules in each locule, seeds with bright coloured aril
Diversity:
World- 87 genera 1,168 species (The Plant List 2013); 96 genera, 1,350 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 96 genera, 1300 species (Mabberely 2017); 99 genera, 1281 species (CoL 2021)
India - 16 genera 102 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 13 genera, 82 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 11 genera, 38 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 4 genera 17 species (Uniyal et al. 2007), 5 genera 29 species (Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)
General Characters:
Celastraceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Celastraceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder-Rosanae, Order-Celastrales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Disciflorae
Orders : Celastrales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Sapindales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Celastrales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Celastrales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Celastranae
Order : Celastrales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order : Celastranae
Order : Celastrales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Rosanae
Order : Celastrales
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Fabids
Order : Celastrales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order: Celastranae
Order : Celastrales
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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