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Celastrus - Bittersweet
by Steven Clemants
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 03/03/2006
Nomenclature
Celastrus L., Sp. Pl. 196. 1753. Gen. Pl. 91. 1754. Evonimoides Duhamel du Monceau, TraitÈ Arbres Arbust. 1: 223. 1755 (also spelled “Euonymoides”), nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). LECTOTYPE: Celastrus scandens L. Britton & Brown (1913).
Key to the species of Celastrus
1. Flowers and fruits in short axillary clusters...Celastrus
orbiculatus
1. Flowers and fruits in terminal clusters...Celastrus
scandens