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CELASTRACEAE R.Br.
Family comprised of about 87 genera and about 1,170 species of trees, shrubs and climbers, widely distributed, especially across tropical and subtropical regions. In North Africa this family is represented by 2 genera, each with one shrubby species.
Key to genera
1 Spiny shrub. Leaves alternate or fasciculate Maytenus
1 Unarmed shrub. Leaves opposite Euonymus
Updated by: H. Sainz & J. Charco.