Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Celastrales - (Family) Celastraceae

Original position

Pentandria Tetragynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Celastraceae (Family) R.Br. (1814), nom. cons.
Parnassiaceae (Family) Martinov (1820), nom. cons.

Current position

Celastraceae (Family) R.Br. (1814), nom. cons.

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 163.

Alternative positions

Parnassiaceae (Family) Martinov (1820), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 344.
Pentandria Tetragynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 273.
Saxifragaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 410.

Historical positions

Celastraceae (Family) R.Br. (1814), nom. cons.	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 163.
Parnassiaceae (Family) Martinov (1820), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 344.
Saxifragaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 197.
Saxifragaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984
Saxifragaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 410.
Pentandria Tetragynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 273.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[50s]
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	62s
1997	A. Takhtajan: 344	[50s]
1979-1984	R.C. van Caenegem et al.	~50s