Hippocrateaceae

Hippocrateaceae

Juss. Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. His classification was based on an e ...

previously consisted of about 150 tropical and subtropical species of shrubs and lianes, and is now included 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 ...

. Formerly it comprised the following genera: * '' Anthodon'' * '' Apodostigma'' * '' Arnicratea'' * '' Baequaertia'' * '' Campylostemon'' * '' Cheiloclinium'' * '' Cuervea'' * '' Elachyptera'' * '' Helictonema'' * '' Hippocratea'' * '' Hylenaea'' * '' Loeseneriella'' * '' Peritassa'' * '' Prionostemma'' * '' Pristimera'' * '' Reissantia'' * '' Salacia'' * '' Salacighia'' * '' Salaciopsis'' * '' Semialarium'' * '' Simicratea'' * '' Simirestis'' * '' Thyrsosalacia'' * '' Tontelea'' * '' Tristemonanthus'' Celastraceae Rosid families Historically recognized angiosperm families {{Celastraceae-stub