This article is about the Berberidaceae genus. It is not to be confused with the Asteraceae genus Gymnosperma or the non-flowering seed plants Gymnospermae.

Gymnospermium albertii: container plant in the Alpine House at Kew Gardens
G. odessanum growing in a Ukrainian nature reserve
G. altaicum growing in a Swedish botanic garden

Gymnospermium is a group of tuberous flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae described as a genus in 1839.[1][3] It is native to temperate Europe and Asia.[4][5]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[6]

  1. Gymnospermium albertii - Uzbekistan
  2. Gymnospermium altaicum - Altai, Xinjiang
  3. Gymnospermium darwasicum - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  4. Gymnospermium kiangnanense - Anhui, Zhejiang
  5. Gymnospermium maloi - southern Albania
  6. Gymnospermium microrrhynchum - Jilin, Liaoning, Korea
  7. Gymnospermium odessanum - Greece, Ukraine, Crimea
  8. Gymnospermium peloponnesiacum - Greece
  9. Gymnospermium scipetarum - Greece, Macedonia, Albania
  10. Gymnospermium silvaticum - Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  11. Gymnospermium smirnovii - Kakheti, Ukraine
  12. Gymnospermium sylvaticum - Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
  13. Gymnospermium vitellinum - Central Asia

References

  1. ^ a b Spach, Édouard. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames 8: 66-68 partly in French, partly in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, Gymnospermium Spach
  3. ^ Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G.; Bittrich, Volker (2002). Flowering plants, dicotyledons: magnoliid, hamamelid, and caryophyllid families. Springer. p. 149.
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 799 牡丹草属 mu dan cao shu Gymnospermium Spach
  5. ^ Catalogue of Life, Gymnospermium
  6. ^ The Plant List, Gymnospermium