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Crossopetalum
Sign in to saveCrossopetalum, commonly known as Christmas-berries or maiden berries, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It comprises about 30-40 species.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Crossopetalum is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Barbados, plant and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Celastraceae, Celastraceae genera and Constantly blooming plants.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCelastrales
- FamilyCelastraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 130
- With media
- 59
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Collections
- CICY, INECOL, IGL-UNAM, IBUNAM, CAS, NY
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Belice, Guatemala, United States, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Celastraceae
- Image
- Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum icones ad vivum coloratae, oder, Sammlung nach der Natur gemalter Abbildungen inn- und ausländlischer Pflanzen, für Liebhaber und Beflissene der Botanik (14043191979).jpg
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- taxon name
- Crossopetalum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Crossopetalum
- Commons category
- Crossopetalum
- taxon common name
- crossopetalum
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Etymology
- Systematics
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Crossopetalum, commonly known as Christmas-berries or maiden berries, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It comprises about 30-40 species.
== Description == Crossopetalum taxa are shrubs or trees, with opposite or whorled persistent leaves with petiole and stipules. Inflorescences are axillary, regrouping white, pale green, reddish, or purplish radially symmetric flowers, with four sepals, four petals, and a four-carpellate pistil. Intrastaminal nectaries are annular and fleshy. Fruits are red drupes, with one-two seeds per fruit. It blooms and fruits all year long.
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