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Celastrales
Sign in to saveThe Celastrales are an order of flowering plants found throughout the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species extending far into the temperate regions. The 1200 to 1350 species are in about 100 genera. All but seven 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.
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Celastrales is an order of flowering plants within the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, and class Magnoliopsida. The taxon name was established by Link in 1829, and its status is accepted. Members of this order are primarily woody plants, though some are woody vines or herbs. Their leaves are simple and arranged either alternately or oppositely. Most flowers are bisexual with inferior to perianth positions, and the stamens are arranged opposite the petals. Each ovary chamber contains one to two ovules.
The order has a recorded occurrence count of 1,646,274. Specific records from iDigBio include 260 entries from institutions such as BRIT, MO, and UF, located in Peru, the Philippines, and the United States. WoRMS lists the habitat as brackish. There are 2,713 related entries in PubMed, and the subject is referenced by 835 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
ORDER
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCelastrales
卫矛目（学名：Celastrales）是有花植物的一类，属于真双子叶植物，多為木本植物，也有木質藤本、草本。葉的特徵為單葉互生或對生，多數花為雙性，下位到周位。雄蕊的排列與花瓣互生。子房每室有1-2胚珠。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 260
- With media
- 4
- Collections
- BRIT, MO, UF
- Recorded in
- Peru, Philippines, United States
Research
2,713 papers- Exploring the liver toxicity mechanism of Tripterygium wilfordii extract based on metabolomics, network pharmacological analysis and experimental validation.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
- Benefits of alignment quality-control processing steps and an Angiosperms353 phylogenomics pipeline applied to the Celastrales.Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society · 2022
- Tripterygium wilfordii derivative celastrol, a YAP inhibitor, has antifibrotic effects in systemic sclerosis.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2023
- Shoutai Pill synergistically inhibits internal reproductive organ apoptosis: coordinated EGFR/PI3K/AKT modulation in primary ovarian insufficiency.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
- Revealing a new target: Celastrol alleviates pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting PCAF.Bioorganic chemistry · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Relationships
- Circumscription
- Families
- Phylogeny
- References
- External links
The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants found throughout the tropics and subtropics, with only a few species extending far into the temperate regions. The 1200 to 1350 species are in about 100 genera. All but seven 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.
== Description == The Celastrales are a diverse order that has no conspicuous distinguishing characteristic, so is consequently hard to recognize. The flowers are usually small with a conspicuous nectary disk. The stipules are small or rarely absent. The micropyle has two openings and is therefore called a bistomal micropyle. Flowers with well-developed male and female parts are often functionally unisexual. The seed often has an aril. In bud, the sepals have a quincuncial arrangement. This means that two sepals are inside, two are outside, and the remaining sepal is half inside and half outside.
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