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List of Celastrales of South Africa

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. The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms – the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses – as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales.

23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.

The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).

One family is represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Celastraceae

Family Celastraceae

Allocassine

Genus Allocassine:

Cassine

Genus Cassine:

Catha

Genus Catha:

Celastrus

Genus Celastrus:

Elachyptera

Genus Elachyptera:

Elaeodendron

Genus Elaeodendron:

Empleuridium

Genus Empleuridium:

Gloveria

Genus Gloveria:

Gymnosporia

Genus Gymnosporia:

Hippocratea

Genus Hippocratea:

Lauridia

Genus Lauridia:

Loeseneriella

Genus Loeseneriella:

Lydenburgia

Genus Lydenburgia:

Maurocenia

Genus Maurocenia:

Maytenus

Genus Maytenus:

Mystroxylon

Genus Mystroxylon:

Pleurostylia

Genus Pleurostylia:

Prionostemma

Genus Prionostemma:

  • Prionostemma delagoensis (Loes.) N.Halle, indigenous
  • Prionostemma delagoensis (Loes.) N.Halle var. delagoensis, endemic

Pristimera

Genus Pristimera:

Pseudosalacia

Genus Pseudosalacia:

Pterocelastrus

Genus Pterocelastrus:

Putterlickia

Genus Putterlickia:

Reissantia

Genus Reissantia:

  • Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Halle, indigenous
  • Reissantia indica (Willd.) N.Halle var. orientalis N.Halle & B.Mathew, indigenous

Robsonodendron

Genus Robsonodendron:

Salacia

Genus Salacia:

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