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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Celastrus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 196. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Bittersweet
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Celastrus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Celastrus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kelastros, ancient name for holly, Ilex aquifolium
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 112
|treatment_page=page 120
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines,</b> twining, polygamodioecious. <b>Branchlets</b> terete. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous [persistent], alternate; stipules present; petiole present; blade margins denticulate; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, panicles or cymes [racemes]. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual and unisexual, radially symmetric; perianth and androecium hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 5, distinct; petals 5, white or greenish white; nectary intrastaminal, fleshy. <b>Bisexual</b> flowers: stamens 5, free from and inserted under nectary; staminodes 0; pistil 3-carpellate; ovary superior, 3-locular; placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 3; ovules 2 per locule. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens 5; free from and inserted under nectary; staminodes 0; pistillode present. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: staminodes 5, alternate with petals, undivided, not gland-tipped, minute; pistil 3-carpellate; ovary superior, 3-locular, placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 3; ovules 2 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, 3-locular, globose or subglobose, 3-lobed distally, apex not beaked. <b>Seeds</b> [1–]2 per locule, ellipsoid, not winged; aril red, completely surrounding seed. <b>x</b> = 23.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;e Asia;primarily tropics and subtropics;some temperate regions.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 30 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences terminal, panicles; capsules orange; pollen yellow; leaf blades usually oblong, aestivation involute.
|[[Celastrus scandens|Celastrus scandens]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences axillary, cymes; capsules yellow; pollen white; leaf blades suborbiculate to broadly oblong-obovate or ovate-orbiculate, aestivation conduplicate.
|[[Celastrus orbiculatus|Celastrus orbiculatus]]
|}
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name=Celastrus
|author=Jinshuang Ma;Geoffrey A. Levin
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|distribution=North America;e Asia;primarily tropics and subtropics;some temperate regions.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_414.xml
|genus=Celastrus
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