Celastrus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κήλαστρος (kḗlastros, “holly”).

Proper noun

Celastrus m

1. 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
• 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