Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

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

Subsequent positions

Celastreae (Tribe) Rchb. (1837)
Celastroideae (Subfamily) Burnett

Original entries

Celastrus sect. Gymnosporia (Section) R. Wight & Arnott (1834)

Current position

Celastreae (Tribe) Rchb. (1837)

Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 347.

Alternative positions

Celastraceae (Family) R.Br. (1814), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 21 Aug 2011.
Celastroideae (Subfamily) Burnett	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 163.
Pentandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 196.

Historical positions

Celastroideae (Subfamily) Burnett	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 163.
Celastreae (Tribe) Rchb. (1837)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 347.
Pentandria Monogynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 196.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	38s