Elaeodendron
Encyclopedia
Elaeodendron is a genus
of flowering plant
s in the staff vine
family, Celastraceae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the staff vine
Staff vine
The staff vines, also known as staff trees or bittersweet, genus Celastrus, comprise about 30 species of shrubs and vines. They have a wide distribution in East Asia, Australasia, Africa and the Americas....
family, Celastraceae
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae , is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales...
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Selected species
- Elaeodendron australeElaeodendron australeElaeodendron australe is a shrub or small tree growing from Tuross Head near Moruya, New South Wales to central coastal Queensland. It occurs in eucalyptus and rainforest ecotone areas, and in littoral or dry rainforests in Australia...
Vent. - Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC.
- Elaeodendron curtipendulum Endl.
- Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers.
- Elaeodendron orientale J.Jacq.
- Elaeodendron xylocarpum (Vent.) DC.
- Elaeodendron zeyheri Spreng. ex Turcz.
Formerly placed here
- Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.Ingram (as E. laneanum)
- Euonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortuneiEuonymus fortunei, also commonly known as winter creeper or wintercreeper and Fortune's spindle is a species of Euonymus native to east Asia, including China, Korea, Philippines and Japan....
(Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. (as E. fortunei Turcz.) - Flindersia maculosaFlindersia maculosaFlindersia maculosa is a tree in the citrus family. It is found in arid and semi arid areas in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Because of the spotted bark, it is known as the Leopardwood or Leopard Tree....
(Lindl.) F.Muell. (as E. maculosum Lindl.) - Maytenus quadrangulata (Schrad.) Loes. (as E. quadrangulatum (Schrad.) Reissek)