Celastrales
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| Celastrales | |
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| Euonymus europaea, Celastraceae family | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| (unranked): | Eurosids I |
| Order: | Celastrales T.Baskerv. |
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Celastraceae (staff vine family) |
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Celastrales is an order of flowering plants. They are found throughout the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species extending far into the temperate regions. There are about 1200 to 1350 species in about 100 genera. All but 7 of these genera are in the large family Celastraceae. Until recently, the composition of the order and its division into families varied greatly from one author to another.
