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311.0000 Family Celastraceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 554 (1814), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1280 spp. Phylogeny: Simmons et al. 2023
Species listed in database: 1336
= Brexiaceae Loudon; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 524 (1830)
= Canotiaceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 255 (1965)
= Cassiniaceae Sch.Bip.; Flora 35: 129 (1852)
= Chingithamnaceae Hand.-Mazz.; Sinensia 2: 126 (1932)
= Euonymaceae Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin Aneb. Rostlin 2(110): 438, 439 (1825)
= Hippocrateaceae Juss.; Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 486 (1811), nom. cons.
= Lepuropetalaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 243 (1943)
= Parnassiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 456 (1820), nom. cons., Family
= Plagiopteraceae Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 18: 266 (1965)
= Pottingeriaceae Takht.; Sist. Magnoliof. 212 (1987), Family
= Salaciaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 101 (1838)
= Siphonodontaceae Gagnep. & Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 102 (1951), nom. cons.
= Stackhousiaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 555 (1814), nom. cons.
311.4001 Genus Crossopetalum P.Browne; Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 145 (1756)
Distribution: Tropical America, Caribbean, few tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 27
= Myginda Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 1 (1760)
= Rhacoma P.Browne ex L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 896 (1759)
species :
Crossopetalum aquifolium (Griseb.) Hitchc.; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 70 (1893)
Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba
81 BAH CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Myginda aquifolia Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 55 (1866)
= Rhacoma aquifolia (Griseb.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 77 (1904)
species :
Crossopetalum bokdamii Breteler & Buerki; Syst. Bot. 41(4): 856 (2016)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON
species :
Crossopetalum coriaceum Northr.; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 48 (1902)
Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba
81 BAH CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhacoma coriacea (Northr.) Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 71 (1904)
species :
Crossopetalum cristalense Borhidi; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22(3-4): 308 (1976 publ. 1977)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Crossopetalum decussatum (Baill.) Lourteig; Taxon 19: 304 (1970)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Crossopetalum gonocladum (Urb.) Rothm.; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 10 (1944)
= Myginda gonoclada C.Wright ex Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 116 (1891)
= Rhacoma decussata Baill.; Hist. Phys. Madagascar [Grandidier] t. 284 (1894)
= Rhacoma gonoclada Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 75 (1904)
species :
Crossopetalum densiflorum Lundell; Phytologia 56(3): 137 (1984)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Crossopetalum ekmanii (Urb.) Alain; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 92: 296 (1965)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhacoma ekmanii Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 216 (1925)
species :
Crossopetalum enervium Hammel; Novon 7(2): 153 (1997)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Crossopetalum filipes (Sprague) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 7 (1961)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Crossopetalum gentlei (Lundell) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 8 (1961)
= Crossopetalum puberulum (Lundell) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 9 (1961)
= Crossopetalum riparium (Lundell) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 9 (1961)
= Microtropis filipes Sprague; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 363 (1909)
= Myginda filipes (Sprague) Loes.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 226 (1936)
= Myginda gentlei (Lundell) Lundell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 553 (1937)
= Myginda puberula (Lundell) Lundell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 553 (1937)
= Myginda riparia (Lundell) Lundell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 553 (1937)
= Rhacoma gentlei Lundell; Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash., No. 478 (Veg. Peten) 212 (1937)
= Rhacoma puberula (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 60 (1944)
= Rhacoma riparia Lundell; Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash., No. 478 (Veg. Peten) 213 (1937)
= Rhacoma riparia var. puberula Lundell; Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. no. 478: 213 (1937)
species :
Crossopetalum gaumeri (Loes.) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 8 (1961)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Myginda gaumeri Loes.; Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 401 (1898)
= Rhacoma gaumeri (Loes.) Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 12: 229 (1936)
species :
Crossopetalum glabrum Lundell; Phytologia 56(3): 137 (1984)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Crossopetalum gomezii Lundell; Phytologia 57(3): 239 (1985)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Crossopetalum ilicifolium (Poir.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 116 (1891)
Name: Christmasberry (EN)
Distribution: USA (Florida, North Carolina); Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
78 USA 81 BAH CUB HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Crossopetalum floridanum J.R.Gardner; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 736 (1903)
= Myginda ilicifolia Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 4(1): 396 (1797)
= Myginda ilicifolia var. acutifolia DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 13 (1825)
= Rhacoma ilicifolia (Poir.) Trel.; Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1, fasc. 2): 399 (1897)
= Rhacoma nana M.Gómez; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 239 (1890)
species :
Crossopetalum managuatillo (Loes.) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 8 (1961)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhacoma managuatillo Loes.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 294 (1910)
species :
Crossopetalum minimiflorum Lundell; Phytologia 56(3): 139 (1984)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Crossopetalum mossambicense I.Darbysh.; Syst. Bot. 41(4): 857 (2016)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Crossopetalum orientale Mory; Willdenowia 31(1): 130 (2001)
Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola
81 BAH CUB HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhacoma crossopetalum f. angustifolium Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 74 (1904)
species :
Crossopetalum oxyphyllum (Blake) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 8 (1961)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Myginda oxyphylla Blake; Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 60 (1918)
= Rhacoma oxyphylla Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 681 (1923)
species :
Crossopetalum parviflorum (Hemsl.) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 8 (1961)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Crossopetalum eucymosum (Loes. & Pittier) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 7 (1961)
= Crossopetalum lanceifolium (Lundell) Lundell; Phytologia 56: 138 (1984)
= Crossopetalum lobatum Lundell; Phytologia 56(3): 138 (1984)
= Crossopetalum macrocarpum (Brandegee) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 8 (1961)
= Crossopetalum panamense Lundell; Wrightia 5(6): 193 (1975)
= Euonymus parviflorus Hemsl.; Diagn. Pl. Iber. 6 (1879)
= Microtropis parviflora (Hemsl.) Sprague; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 363 (1909)
= Myginda eucymosa Loes. & Pittier; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 175 (1909)
= Myginda macrocarpa Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 56 (1914)
= Myginda parviflora (Hemsl.) Loes.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 225 (1936)
= Rhacoma eucymosa (Loes. & Pittier) Standl.; Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash., No. 461, 69 (1935)
= Rhacoma lanceifolia Lundell; Field & Lab. 13: 6 (1945)
= Rhacoma macrocarpa (Brandegee) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 681 (1923)
= Rhacoma parviflora (Hemsl.) Lundell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 20: 238 (1938)
species :
Crossopetalum pungens (C.Wright) Rothm.; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 10 (1944)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Myginda pungens Wright ex Sauvalle; Anales Real Acad. Ci. Méd. Fís. Nat. Habana Revista Ci. 5: 290 (1868)
= Rhacoma pungens (Wright) M.Gómez; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 239 (1890)
species :
Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 321 (1766)
Name: Poison cherry (Bahamas), Tsewal (Haiti), Poison cherry (Jamaica), Maidenberry, Ti bonbon (Lesser Antilles), Coral, Mala mujer, Manto, Maravedi, Palo de paloma, Pico de paloma (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: USA (Florida); Bermuda; Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, Yucatán); Belize; Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; St. Lucia; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Dependencias Federales, Falcón, Guárico, Nueva Esparta, Sucre)
78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ 81 ABA AGU ARU BAH BER BON CAY CUB CUR GDL HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE SBA STE STK STL STM TCI VEN VIR 82 CLM SWC VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Crossopetalum pallens (Sm.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 116 (1891)
= Crossopetalum pallens (Sm.) Millsp.; Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 32 (1895), isonym
= Crossopetalum rhacoma (Sw.) Hitchc.; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 70 (1893)
= Crossopetalum rotundatum (Lam.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 116 (1891)
= Myginda glossopetalum Raeusch.; Nomencl. Bot. [Raeuschel], ed. 3: 42 (1797)
= Myginda pallens Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 24: n. 4 (1813)
= Myginda rhacoma Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 39 (1788)
= Myginda rotundata Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 308 (1792)
= Rhacoma crossopetalum f. longifolium Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 74 (1904)
= Rhacoma crossopetalum f. rotundatum Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 75 (1904)
= Rhacoma crossopetalum L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 896 (1759)
= Rhacoma pallens (Sm.) M.Gómez; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 239 (1890)
species :
Crossopetalum rostratum (Urb.) Rothm.; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 10 (1944)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhacoma rostrata Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 5: 78 (1904)
variant :
var. grandifolium Borhidi & O.Muñiz; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 21(3-4): 223 (1975 publ. 1976)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Crossopetalum serrulatum (Loes.) I.Darbysh.; Syst. Bot. 41(4): 859 (2016)
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleurostylia serrulata Loes.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 311 (1908)
species :
Crossopetalum shaferi (Britton & Urb.) Alain; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 92: 296 (1965)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhacoma shaferi Britton & Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 7: 520 (1913)
= Rhacoma revolutum Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 68 (1923) [as revoluta].
species :
Crossopetalum standleyi (Lundell) Lundell; Wrightia 3: 9 (1961)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Myginda standleyi Lundell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 67: 618 (1940)
= Rhacoma standleyi (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 60 (1944)
species :
Crossopetalum ternifolium (Urb.) Alain; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 92: 296 (1965)
subspecies :
subsp. ternifolium
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Rhacoma ternifolia Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 9: 69 (1923)
subspecies :
subsp. moaense Borhidi & O.Muñiz; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 21(3-4): 223 (1975 publ. 1976)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Crossopetalum uragoga (Jacq.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 116 (1891)
subspecies :
subsp. uragoga
Name: Yerba maravedi (Cuba)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Colombia (Bolívar, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre)
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC 81 CAY CUB 82 CLM SWC VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Crossopetalum caymanense Proctor; Sloanea 1: 2 (1977)
= Crossopetalum parvifolium L.O.Williams; Fieldiana, Bot. 31: 252 (1967)
= Crossopetalum scoparium (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 116 (1891)
= Myginda coccinea Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(1): 604 (1863)
= Myginda scoparia Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. [Hooker & Arnott] 283 (1838)
= Myginda uragoga Jacq.; Enum. Syst. Pl. 12 (1760)
= Rhacoma scoparia (Hook. & Arn.) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 681 (1923)
= Rhacoma uragoga (Jacq.) Baill.; Hist. Pl. [Baillon] 6: 27 (1875)
subspecies :
subsp. glabra (Mory) García-Beltrán; Cat. Plantas de Cuba 310 (2024)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Myginda uragoga subsp. glabra Mory; Willdenowia 31(1): 134 (2001)
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Covering 360,349 accepted species,
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