Elaeodendron Explained

Elaeodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae.^[1] It includes 39 species native to the tropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific.

Species

39 species are accepted.

• Elaeodendron anjouanense
• Elaeodendron aquifolium
• Elaeodendron australe Vent.
• Elaeodendron brachycremastron
• Elaeodendron buchananii
• Elaeodendron bupleuroides
• Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC.
• Elaeodendron cunninghamii
• Elaeodendron curtipendulum Endl.
• Elaeodendron ehrenbergii
• Elaeodendron ellipticum
• Elaeodendron fruticosum
• Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers.
• Elaeodendron gymnosporoides
• Elaeodendron humbertii
• Elaeodendron kamerunense
• Elaeodendron lanceolatum
• Elaeodendron laneanum
• Elaeodendron lycioides
• Elaeodendron matabelicum
• Elaeodendron melanocarpum F.Muell.
• Elaeodendron nipense
• Elaeodendron nitidulum
• Elaeodendron orientale J.Jacq.
• Elaeodendron paniculatum
• Elaeodendron papillosum
• Elaeodendron parvifolium
• Elaeodendron pauciflorum
• Elaeodendron pilosum
• Elaeodendron pininsulare
• Elaeodendron schinoides
• Elaeodendron schlechterianum
• Elaeodendron schweinfurthianum
• Elaeodendron trachycladum
• Elaeodendron transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H.Archer^[2]
• Elaeodendron vaccinioides
• Elaeodendron viburnifolium
• Elaeodendron vitiense
• Elaeodendron xylocarpum (Vent.) DC.

Formerly placed in Elaeodendron

• Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.Ingram (as E. laneanum)^{[3] [4]}
• Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. (as E. fortunei Turcz.)
• Flindersia maculosa (Lindl.) F.Muell. (as E. maculosum Lindl.)
• Maytenus quadrangulata (Schrad.) Loes. (as E. quadrangulatum (Schrad.) Reissek)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus: Elaeodendron Jacq. . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2005-02-08 . 2010-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090506231024/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4148 . 2009-05-06 . dead .
2. Web site: Red List of South African Plants . South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) . 13 June 2013.
3. Web site: Celastraceae Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.Ingram . The International Plant Names Index . 2010-10-02.
4. Web site: Bermuda Olivewood (Cassine laneana syn. Elaeodendron laneanum) . Bermuda Department of Conservation Services . 2010-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305133449/http://www.conservation.bm/olivewood/ . 2010-03-05 . dead .
5. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Elaeodendron . https://archive.today/20121211205913/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?4148 . dead . 2012-12-11 . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2010-10-02 .