Celastraceae
(THE BITTERSWEET FAMILY)
 Biota of North America Program
 Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group
Standardized nomenclature following © John T. Kartesz. 1996. Revision: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. The Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden . This listing features updates (1996) of BONAP nomenclature, use of common names derived from BONAP data, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service data on endangered/threatened taxa, and information on Texas taxa taken from a database developed from Stephan L. Hatch, Kancheepuram N. Gandhi, and Larry E. Brown. 1990. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas (now in the process of proofing).

Canotia Torr. - CRUCIFIXION-THORN

    holacantha Torr.

    Cassine L. - MARBLETREE

      xylocarpa Vent. Synonymy: Cassine xylocarpa var. attenuata (A. Rich.) Kuntze , Cassine xylocarpa var. caribaea Urban , Elaeodendron attenuatum A. Rich. , Elaeodendron xylocarpum (Vent.) DC.

      Celastrus L. - BITTERSWEET

        gemmata Loes.

        orbiculata Thunb.

        scandens L. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

        Crossopetalum P. Br. - CHRISTMAS-BERRY

          ilicifolium (Poir.) Kuntze Synonymy: Crossopetalum floridanum J.R. Gardner , Rhacoma ilicifolia (Poir.) Trel.

          rhacoma Crantz Synonymy: Rhacoma crossopetalum L.

          Euonymus L.

            alata (Thunb.) Sieb. Synonymy: Celastrus alatus Thunb.

            americana L. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Brook euonymus, strawberry-bush, burstingheart (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

            aptera Regel

            atropurpurea Jacq. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Eastern wahoo, burning-bush, wahoo (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

              var. atropurpurea

              var. cheatumii Lundell

            bungeanum Maxim.

            europaea L.

            fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Maz.

              var. fortunei

              var. radicans (Sieb. ex Miq.) Rehd. Synonymy: Euonymus radicans Sieb. ex Miq.

            hamiltoniana Wall

              var. hamiltoniana

              var. yedoensis (Koehne) Blakelock Synonymy: Euonymus yedoensis Koehne

            japonica Thunb.

            kiautschovica Loes.

            nana Bieb.

            obovata Nutt.

            occidentalis Nutt. ex Torr.

              var. occidentalis

              var. parishii (Trel.) Jepson Synonymy: Euonymus occidentalis ssp. parishii (Trel.) Beauchamp

            phellomana Loes. ex Diels

            Gyminda Sarg. - FALSE BOX

              latifolia (Sw.) Urban Synonymy: Gyminda latifolia var. glaucifolia Small , Myginda latifolia Sw.

              Maytenus Molina - MAYTEN

                cymosa Krug & Urban

                elongata (Urban) Britt.

                laevigata (Vahl) Griseb. ex Eggers Synonymy: Maytenus elliptica (Lam.) Krug & Urban ex Duss.

                phyllanthoides Benth. Present in the Texas flora (treated as Maytenus texana Lundell by Hatch et al, 1990) and known locally as: Gutta-percha mayten, leatherleaf, mangle dulce (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Maytenus phyllanthoides var. ovalifolia Loes. , Maytenus texana Lundell , Tricerma phyllanthoides (Benth.) Lundell , Tricerma texana (Lundell) Lundell

                ponceana Britt.

                Mortonia Gray - SADDLEBUSH

                  greggii Gray Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Gregg mortonia, afinador (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                  sempervirens Gray

                    ssp. scabrella (Gray) Prigge Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Rough mortonia (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Mortonia scabrella Gray

                    ssp. sempervirens Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                  utahensis (Coville ex Gray) A. Nels. Synonymy: Mortonia scabrella var. utahensis Coville ex Gray

                  Paxistima Raf. - MOUNTAIN-LOVER

                    canbyi Gray

                    myrsinites (Pursh) Raf. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Mountain-lover, box-leaf (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                    Perrottetia Kunth - OLOMEA

                      sandwicensis Gray Synonymy: Perrottetia sandwicensis var. tomentosa O. Deg. & Greenw.

                      Pristimera Miers - BEJUCO-PRIETO

                        caribaea (Urban) A.C. Sm. Synonymy: Hippocratea caribaea Urban

                        Schaefferia Jacq. - DESERT-YAUPON

                          cuneifolia Gray Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Capul, desert yaupon, panalero (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                          frutescens Jacq.

                          Torralbasia Krug & Urban - BOJE

                            cuneifolia (C. Wright) Krug & Urban Synonymy: Euonymus cuneifolia C. Wright

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