Genus Celastrus L.


Summary
Genus number:
2220
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Celastraceae
Subfamily:
Celastroideae
Accession count:

66 (15  active, 9  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with masculine gender (Madrid ICN Art. 14.11 & App. III)


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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 2000. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 49. Taxon 49:277. Note: proposal unresolved
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 2006. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 57. Taxon 54:1096. Note: recommends conservation with masculine gender
  3. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  4. Paclt, J. 1998. (1378) Proposal to conserve the name Celastrus (Celastraceae) as being of feminine gender. Taxon 47:879-880.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=2220. Accessed 10 May 2026.