''Celastrinites'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric plants in the family

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

. ''Celastrinites wardii'' is from the Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada. ''C. elegans'' is from the Florissant fossil bed of Colorado.

References

* A catalogue of the Cretaceous and Tertiary plants of North America. Frank Hall Knowlton, 1898

External links

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Cretaceous angiosperms Prehistoric angiosperm genera Celastrales genera Celastraceae Prehistoric plants of North America {{cretaceous-plant-stub