Raffi at 05:14, 17 June 2009

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Envoy at 15:16, 28 November 2007

2007-11-28T15:16:30Z

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Staff vine
| image = Celastrus scandens.jpg
| image_width = 270px
| image_caption = ''Celastrus scandens''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Celastrales]]
| familia = [[Celastraceae]]
| genus = ''Celastrus''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
About 30, including: 
''Celastrus angulatus'' - [[Chinese Staff Vine]] 
''Celastrus australis'' - [[Australian Staff Vine]] 
''Celastrus dispermus'' - [[Orange Boxwood]] 
''Celastrus paniculatus'' - [[Celastrus paniculatus|Peng]] 
''Celastrus pyracanthus'' - [[South African Staff Vine]] 
''Celastrus orbiculatus'' - [[Oriental Staff Vine]] 
''Celastrus scandens'' - [[American Staff Vine]] 
}}

The '''staff vines''', also known as '''staff trees''' or '''bittersweet''', genus '''''Celastrus''''', comprise about 30 species of [[shrub]]s and [[vine]]s. They have a wide distribution in eastern [[Asia]], [[Australasia]], [[Africa]] and [[the Americas]].

[[Image:Celastrus orbiculatus.jpg|left|thumb|''Celastrus orbiculatus'']]
The leaves are alternate and simple ovoid, typically 5-20 cm long. The flowers are small, white, pink or greenish, and borne in long panicles; the fruit is a red three-valved berry. The fruit are eaten by frugivorous [[bird]]s, which disperse the seeds in their droppings. All parts of the plants are [[poisonous]] to [[human]]s if eaten.

In [[North America]], they are known as '''bittersweet''', presumably a result of confusion with the unrelated [[Solanum dulcamara|Bittersweet]] (''Solanum dulcamara'') by early colonists. ''C. orbiculatus'' is a serious [[invasive species|invasive]] [[weed]] in much of eastern North America.

{{rosid-stub}}

[[Category:Celastraceae]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]

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-{{Taxobox
+__NOTOC__{{Plantbox
-| color = lightgreen
+| name = ''Celastrus''
-| name = Staff vine
+| common_names = Staff vine, staff trees, bittersweet
 | image = Celastrus scandens.jpg
-| image_width = 270px
+| image_width = 180px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
-| image_caption = ''Celastrus scandens''
+| image_caption = Celastrus scandens
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+| regnum = Plantae
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+| divisio = Magnoliophyta
-| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
+| classis = Magnoliopsida
-| ordo = [[Celastrales]]
+| ordo = Celastrales
-| familia = [[Celastraceae]]
+| familia = Celastraceae
-| genus = ''Celastrus''
+| genus = Celastrus
-| subdivision_ranks = Species
+}}
-| subdivision =
+{{Inc|
-About 30, including:<br/>
+Celastrus (Kelastros, ancient Greek name). Celastraceae. Woody plants grown chiefly for their brightly colored fruit; some also for their handsome foliage.
 ''Celastrus angulatus'' - [[Chinese Staff Vine]]<br/>
 ''Celastrus australis'' - [[Australian Staff Vine]]<br/>
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 ''Celastrus orbiculatus'' - [[Oriental Staff Vine]]<br/>
 ''Celastrus scandens'' - [[American Staff Vine]]<br/>
-The '''staff vines''', also known as '''staff trees''' or '''bittersweet''', genus '''''Celastrus''''', comprise about 30 species of [[shrub]]s and [[vine]]s. They have a wide distribution in eastern [[Asia]], [[Australasia]], [[Africa]] and [[the Americas]].
+==Gallery==
-[[Image:Celastrus orbiculatus.jpg|left|thumb|''Celastrus orbiculatus'']]
+==References==
-The leaves are alternate and simple ovoid, typically 5-20 cm long. The flowers are small, white, pink or greenish, and borne in long panicles; the fruit is a red three-valved berry. The fruit are eaten by frugivorous [[bird]]s, which disperse the seeds in their droppings. All parts of the plants are [[poisonous]] to [[human]]s if eaten.
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-In [[North America]], they are known as '''bittersweet''', presumably a result of confusion with the unrelated [[Solanum dulcamara|Bittersweet]] (''Solanum dulcamara'') by early colonists. ''C. orbiculatus'' is a serious [[invasive species|invasive]] [[weed]] in much of eastern North America.
+==External links==
-{{rosid-stub}}
+{{stub}}
-[[Category:Celastraceae]]
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Staff vine - Revision history

Raffi at 05:14, 17 June 2009

Envoy at 15:16, 28 November 2007