Hippocrateaceae
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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.-Life:...
previously consisted of about 150 tropical and subtropical species of shrubs and lianes, and is now included in the 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...
family. Formerly it comprised the following genera:
- AnthodonAnthodon (plant genus)Anthodon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It comprises two species of large woody vines native to Central America and northern and Amazonian South America. They are scattered throughout most of the neotropics, but are not common in any part of their range. They grow...
- Apodostigma
- Arnicratea
- Baequaertia
- Campylostemon
- Cheiloclinium
- Cuervea
- Elachyptera
- Helictonema
- Hippocratea
- Hylenaea
- Loeseneriella
- PeritassaPeritassaPeritassa is a genus of plant in family Celastraceae.Species include:* Peritassa killipii, A. C. Sm....
- PrionostemmaPrionostemmaPrionostemma is a large genus of harvestmen in the family Sclerosomatidae.-Species:* Prionostemma acentrus Forster, 1954* Prionostemma acuminatus * Prionostemma albimanum Roewer, 1912* Prionostemma albipalpe...
- Pristimera
- Reissantia
- SalaciaSalacia (genus)Salacia is a genus of plants in the family Celastraceae.-Medicinal uses:Several species in this genus of plant have been used in traditional medical systems for thousands of years, particularly in the Ayurveda system from India. Uses have included treatment of diabetes, obesity, gonorrhea,...
- Salacighia
- Salaciopsis
- Semialarium
- Simicratea
- Simirestis
- Thyrsosalacia
- TonteleaTonteleaTontelea is a genus of plant in family Celastraceae.Species include:* Tontelea hondurensis, A.C. Smith...
- Tristemonanthus