page_title: Celastraceae
section_title: Genera
hierarchical_section_title: Celastraceae / Genera
caption_attribution_description: Flowers of Maytenus senegalensis, near Folonzo, SW Burkina Faso
context_page_description: The Celastraceae, are a family of 96 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only Celastrus, Euonymus and Maytenus widespread in temperate climates, and Parnassia found in alpine and arctic climates.
  The roughly 100 genera include:
  Canotia – crucifixion thorn
  Catha – khat
  Celastrus – staff vine or staff tree
  Euonymus – spindle
  Maytenus – maiten
context_section_description: A complete list of the genera is:
  Acanthothamnus   
  Allocassine
  Anthodon
  Apatophyllum
  Apodostigma
  Arnicratea
  Bequaertia
  Brassiantha
  Brexia
  Brexiella
  Campylostemon
  Canotia
  Cassine
  Catha
  Celastrus
  Cheiloclinium
  Crocoxylon
  Crossopetalum
  Cuervea
  Denhamia
  Dicarpellum
  Dinghoua
  Elachyptera
  Elaeodendron
  Empleuridium
  Euonymus
  Euonymopsis
  Fraunhofera
  Gloveria
  Glyptopetalum
  Goniodiscus
  Gyminda
  Gymnosporia
  Hartogiella
  Hartogiopsis
  Hedraianthera
  Helictonema
  Hexaspora
  Hippocratea
  Hylenaea
  Hypsophila
  Kokoona
  Lauridia
  Lepuropetalon
  Loeseneriella
  Lophopetalum
  Lydenburgia
  Macgregoria
  Maurocenia
  Maytenus
  Menepetalum
  Microtropis
  Monimopetalum
  Mortonia
  Moya
  Mystroxylon
  Nicobariodendron
  Orthosphenia
  Parnassia
  Paxistima
  Peripterygia
  Peritassa
  Plagiopteron
  Platypterocarpus
  Plenckia
  Pleurostylia
  Polycardia
  Prionostemma
  Pristimera
  Psammomoya
  Pseudocatha
  Pseudosalacia
  Ptelidium
  Pterocelastrus
  Putterlickia
  Quetzalia
  Reissantia
  Robsonodendron
  Rzedowskia
  Salacia
  Salacighia
  Salaciopsis
  Salvadoropsis
  Sarawakodendron
  Scandivepres
  Schaefferia
  Semialarium
  Simicratea
  Simirestis
  Siphonodon
  Stackhousia
  Tetrasiphon
  Thyrosalacia
  Tontelea
  Torralbasia
  Tricerma
  Tripterococcus
  Tripterygium
  Tristemonanthus
  Wimmeria
  Xylonymus
  Zinowiewia
  Fossil genera
  †Celastrinites
caption: Inflorescence of Gymnosporia senegalensis
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