Elaeodendron

Elaeodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae.^[2] It includes 39 species native to the tropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific.^[1]

Elaeodendron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Genus:	Elaeodendron Jacq.
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Crocoxylon Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835) Elaeodendrum Murray (1784) Hartogia L.f. (1782), nom. illeg. Hartogiella Codd (1983) Loureira Raeusch. (1797) Neerija Roxb. (1824) Parilia Dennst. (1818) Portenschlagia Tratt. (1818) Pseudocassine Bredell (1936) Rubentia Comm. ex Juss. (1789) Schrebera Retz. (1791), nom. illeg. Schrebera Thunb. (1794), nom. illeg. Telemachia Urb. (1916)

Species

39 species are accepted.^[1]

• Elaeodendron anjouanense H.Perrier
• Elaeodendron aquifolium (Fiori) Chiov.
• Elaeodendron australe Vent.
• Elaeodendron brachycremastron Guillaumin
• Elaeodendron buchananii (Loes.) Loes.
• Elaeodendron bupleuroides (Guillaumin) R.H.Archer
• Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC.
• Elaeodendron cunninghamii Montrouz.
• Elaeodendron curtipendulum Endl.
• Elaeodendron ehrenbergii Urb.
• Elaeodendron ellipticum Decne.
• Elaeodendron fruticosum N.Robson
• Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers.
• Elaeodendron gymnosporoides Baker
• Elaeodendron humbertii H.Perrier
• Elaeodendron kamerunense (Loes.) Villiers
• Elaeodendron lanceolatum Urb. & Ekman
• Elaeodendron laneanum A.H.Moore
• Elaeodendron lycioides Baker
• Elaeodendron matabelicum Loes.
• Elaeodendron melanocarpum F.Muell.
• Elaeodendron nipense Bisse
• Elaeodendron nitidulum Baker
• Elaeodendron orientale J.Jacq.
• Elaeodendron paniculatum Wight & Arn.
• Elaeodendron papillosum Hochst.
• Elaeodendron parvifolium R.H.Archer
• Elaeodendron pauciflorum Tul.
• Elaeodendron pilosum Baker
• Elaeodendron pininsulare Hürl.
• Elaeodendron schinoides Spreng.
• Elaeodendron schlechterianum (Loes.) Loes.
• Elaeodendron schweinfurthianum (Loes.) Loes.
• Elaeodendron trachycladum Baker
• Elaeodendron transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H.Archer^[3]
• Elaeodendron vaccinioides Baker
• Elaeodendron viburnifolium (Juss.) Merr.
• Elaeodendron vitiense A.C.Sm.
• Elaeodendron xylocarpum (Vent.) DC.

Formerly placed in Elaeodendron

• Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.Ingram (as E. laneanum)^[4][5]
• Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. (as E. fortunei Turcz.)
• Flindersia maculosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. (as E. maculosum Lindl.)
• Maytenus quadrangulata (Schrad.) Loes. (as E. quadrangulatum (Schrad.) Reissek)^[6]

References

1. Elaeodendron Jacq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
2. "Genus: Elaeodendron Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-08. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
3. "Red List of South African Plants". South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Retrieved 13 June 2013.
4. "Celastraceae Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore ) J.Ingram". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
5. "Bermuda Olivewood (Cassine laneana syn. Elaeodendron laneanum)". Bermuda Department of Conservation Services. Archived from the original on 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
6. "GRIN Species Records of Elaeodendron". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2010-10-02.

External links

Media related to Elaeodendron at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Elaeodendron at Wikispecies