Genus of flowering plants belonging to the barberry family
This article is about the Berberidaceae genus. 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]
Gymnospermium albertii - Uzbekistan
Gymnospermium altaicum - Altai , Xinjiang
Gymnospermium darwasicum - Tajikistan , Uzbekistan
Gymnospermium kiangnanense - Anhui , Zhejiang
Gymnospermium maloi - southern Albania
Gymnospermium microrrhynchum - Jilin , Liaoning , Korea
Gymnospermium odessanum - Greece, Ukraine, Crimea
Gymnospermium peloponnesiacum - Greece
Gymnospermium scipetarum - Greece, North Macedonia , Albania
Gymnospermium silvaticum - Afghanistan , Tajikistan
Gymnospermium smirnovii - Kakheti , Ukraine
Gymnospermium sylvaticum - Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Gymnospermium vitellinum - Central Asia
References
^ a b Spach, Édouard. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames 8: 66-68 partly in French, partly in Latin
^ Tropicos, Gymnospermium Spach
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Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G.; Bittrich, Volker (2002). Flowering plants, dicotyledons: magnoliid, hamamelid, and caryophyllid families . Springer . p. 149 .
^ Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 799 牡丹草属 mu dan cao shu Gymnospermium Spach
^ Catalogue of Life, Gymnospermium
^ The Plant List, Gymnospermium