Celastrus scandens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 196. 1753.

"Habitat in Canada." RCN: 1592.

Lectotype (Reveal in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 31. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 268.2 (LINN; iso- BM) .

Generitype of Celastrus Linnaeus, gend. masc. cons, (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 134. 1929).

Current name: Celastrus scandens L. ( Celastraceae).