Celastraceae
Gymnosporia

Gymnosporia buchananii Loes.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 153 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Jordaan, M. (2012). A monograph of Gymnosporia (Celastraceae): 1-759. Thesis, Faculty Nat. Agric. Sci., Univ. of Pretoria.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kimpouni, V., Apani, E. & Motom, M. (2013). Analyse phytoécologique de la flore ligneuse de la Haute Sangha (République du Congo). Adansonia, sér. 3, 35: 107-134.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Maytenus buchananii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Jordaan, M. (2012). A monograph of Gymnosporia (Celastraceae): 1-759. Thesis, Faculty Nat. Agric. Sci., Univ. of Pretoria.
  • Kimpouni, V., Apani, E. & Motom, M. (2013). Analyse phytoécologique de la flore ligneuse de la Haute Sangha (République du Congo). Adansonia, sér. 3, 35: 107-134.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Okafor, J.C. [FHI46881] Nigeria K004639262 Yes
Conrads (Father) [EAH10435] Tanzania K004785047 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [Rwab539] Uganda K004785006 Yes
Germain, R. [2900] K004639381 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3387] Zambia K004785814 Yes
Conrads (Father) [5220] Tanzania K004785041 Yes
Klug Hamburg, S. [[BFH482]] Sudan K004639614 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1797] Nigeria K004639265 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI35382] Nigeria K004639274 Yes
Procter, J. [900] Tanzania K004785048 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [1263] Zambia K004785813 Yes
Pawek, J. [11759] Malawi K004785796 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3045] Tanzania K004785042 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM16] Zambia K004785810 Yes
Hutchison; Gillett [3792] Zimbabwe K004785823 No
Chapman, J.D. [577] Malawi K004785778 Yes
Ujor, E. [FHI30366] Nigeria K004639263 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8561A] Tanzania K004785038 Yes
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [1250] Tanzania K004785034 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen. K.; Bidgood, S. [9882] Zambia K001590228 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen. K.; Bidgood, S. [9882] Zambia K001590229 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9731] Zambia K001590198 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9752] Zambia K001590185 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9752] Zambia K001590186 Yes
Dale, I.R. [2447] Kenya K004785011 Yes
Smith, R.; Pope; Goyder [5831] Malawi K004785788 Yes
Whyte, A. [14] Malawi K004785780 Yes
Pawek, J. [13030] Malawi K004785795 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [Eg1810] Uganda K004785004 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Kanuri Kibui; Mungai, G. [5450] Kenya K004785010 Yes
Cable, S. [106] Cameroon K001222709 Yes
Hall, J.B. [2934] Nigeria K004639276 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [9942] Cameroon K004639367 Yes
Sharland [1022] Nigeria K004639268 Yes
Myers, J.G. [14197] South Sudan K004639617 Yes
Schmitz, A. [806] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639376 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [749] Nigeria K004639264 Yes
Schmitz, A. [2466] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639374 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [3576] Mozambique K004785769 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B. [14203] Tanzania K004785039 Yes
Holmes, W.D. [H1295] Zambia K004785804 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [26165] Zambia K004785812 Yes
Jacques-Felix [3094] Cameroon K004639365 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Joana, B. [7405] Kenya K004785023 Yes
Verdcourt [3925] Kenya K004785031 Yes
s.coll. [4557] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639370 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Trapnell, C.G. [5731] Zambia K004785826 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Patel, I.H. [12905] Malawi K004785791 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [3681] Mozambique K004785770 Yes
s.coll. [4552] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639375 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [388] Zambia K004785825 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [2004] Kenya K004785018 Yes
Luke; Robertson [2633] Kenya K004785024 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [13291] Zambia K004785815 Yes
Tamajong, S.C. [FHI26845] Nigeria K004639267 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [4435] Nigeria K004639269 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1005] Zambia K004785828 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E2381] Uganda K004785007 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E3507] Uganda K004785003 Yes
Ford, J. [846] Tanzania K004785045 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/687] Kenya K004785020 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Wrigley, T.C. [673] Equatorial Guinea K004639363 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [564] Zambia K004785824 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1754] Cameroon K004639360 Yes
Schultka, W. [K50] Kenya K004785027 Yes
Carmichael [1194] Tanzania K004785032 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4117] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639371 Yes
Dale, I.R. [FD3425] Kenya K004785012 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [2705] Nigeria K004639261 Yes
Melville, F. [673] Equatorial Guinea K004639362 Yes
Chevalier, A. [8156] Central African Republic K000035825 Holotype Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [338] South Sudan K004639615 Yes
Michel [3617] Burundi K004639382 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs) [5526] Malawi K004785774 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; de Koning, J.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [293] Mozambique K004785767 Yes
Bally; Smith, A.R. [B14440] Kenya K004785022 Yes
Smith, P.P. [1758] Zambia K004785818 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [684] Tanzania K004785043 Yes
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [14892] Ethiopia K004639612 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3792] Zambia K004785822 Yes
Kondoa, F.R.; Ruffo [785] Tanzania K004785037 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [713] Zambia K004785801 Yes
Tweedie [4241] Kenya K004785015 Yes
Verdcourt [1883] Kenya K004785029 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9467] Malawi K004785794 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [10212] Cameroon K004639366 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F8364] Zambia K004785798 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs.) [5763] Malawi K004785797 Yes
Muller, T. [1578] Malawi K004785781 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI55689] Nigeria K004639361 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [7360] Malawi K004785777 Yes
Milne-Redhead [775] Zambia K004785800 Yes
Quarre, P. [1908] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639373 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs.) [5742] Malawi K004785783 Yes
Matalu, L. [3134] Tanzania K004785035 Yes
Agnew; Kibe; Mathenge [10386] Kenya K004785030 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM793] Zambia K004785808 Yes
Troupin, G. [16161] K004639383 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [10362] Zambia K004785821 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [779] Nigeria K004639266 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [7616] Malawi K004785772 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM119] Zambia K004785809 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [531] Kenya K004785021 Yes
Chevalier, A. [19944] Cote d'Ivoire K000035824 Type Yes
Friis, I.; Nigatu, L.; Michelsen, A. [6271] Ethiopia K004639613 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [6565] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639377 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [267] Kenya K004785019 Yes
Angus, A. [266] Zambia K004785827 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [3721] Mozambique K004785771 Yes
Conrads (Father) [5292] Tanzania K004785046 Yes
Seyani, J.H. [1223] Malawi K004785775 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [2097] Zambia K004785817 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [1531] Sudan K004639616 Yes
[N.V. Ranner] [64] Tanzania K004785040 Yes
Lawton, R.M. [249] Zambia K004785802 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM172] Zambia K004785807 Yes
de Witte, G.F. [6476] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639378 Yes
s.coll. [8332] Zimbabwe K004785806 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI40157] Nigeria K004639275 Yes
Whellan, J.A. [1406] Zambia K004785820 Yes
Dale, I.R. [3865] Kenya K004785028 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [684] Tanzania K004785044 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3045] Tanzania K004785036 Yes
Spjut, R.W. [2751] Kenya K004785025 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI16024] Nigeria K004639273 Yes
Dale, I.R. [3425] Kenya K004785013 Yes
Aubréville, M. [1273] Cote d'Ivoire K004639259 Yes
Pawek, J. [7148] Malawi K004785785 Yes
Troupin, G. [7869] K004639380 Yes
Spinage, C.A. [328] Central African Republic K004639368 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th3215] Uganda K004785005 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F3306] Zambia K004785805 Yes
Reekmans, M. [[7619]] Burundi K004639384 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [3547] Mozambique K004785768 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Malaku Wandefrash; Legesse, M.; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8512] Ethiopia K004639611 Yes
Smith, R.; Pope; Goyder [5831] Malawi K004785787 Yes
Hawthorne, W. [73] Kenya K004785026 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [2336] Kenya K004785017 Yes
Satabié, B. [1082B] Cameroon K004639364 Yes
Chapman, J.D.; Chapman, E.G. [7635] Malawi K004785776 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [4210] Malawi K004785782 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM1980] Zambia K004785816 Yes
Phillips, E.P. [2878] Malawi K004785792 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F3476] Zambia K004785819 Yes
Smith, R.; Pope; Goyder [5831] Malawi K004785786 Yes
Smith, R.; Pope; Goyder [5831] Malawi K004785790 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [1009] Cote d'Ivoire K004639260 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [11583] Tanzania K004785033 Yes
Pawek, J. [9903] Malawi K004785793 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [749] Nigeria K004639270 Yes
s.coll. [4825] K004639379 Yes
Pawek, J. [6721] Malawi K004785784 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [2607] Kenya K004785016 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [2053] Zambia K004785811 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [775] Zambia K004785799 Yes
Paulo, S. [1060] Kenya K004785014 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [7565] K004639369 Yes
Lely, H.V. [P111] Nigeria K004639271 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4117] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004639372 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P2589] Uganda K004785008 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K004785779 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI24415] Nigeria K004639272 Yes
Phillips, E. [3840] Malawi K004785773 Yes
Pawek, J. (Mrs.) [5487] Malawi K004785789 Yes
Jansen, P.C.M.; de Koning, J.; de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [117] Mozambique K004785766 Yes
White, F. [3434] Zambia K004785803 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Harvey, Y.B. [312] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000580146 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13656] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000580154 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13526] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000580164 Yes
Oct 1, 2008 Corcoran, M.R. [6] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000580155 Yes
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [3824] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000027229 Yes
Apr 1, 2001 Sebsebe; Demissew [5084] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000027224 Yes
Jan 1, 2001 Thomas, D.W. [9346] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000027226 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4509] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000337624 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9867] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000337626 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [3527] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000337623 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4569] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000337625 Yes
Nov 1, 2000 Cable, S. [3391] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000093779 Yes
Feb 26, 1988 Buchanan, J. [s.n.] Malawi Maytenus buchananii K000035855 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Letouzey, R. [14408] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000093521 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Maitland, T.D. [1326] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000093518 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Milne-Redhead, E. [3124] Zambia Maytenus buchananii K000035857 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Milne-Redhead, E. [3124] Zambia Maytenus buchananii K000035856 Holotype Yes
Ashworth, J.; Ndo, J. [83] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K001518141 Yes
Ashworth, J.; Ndo, J.; Okon, F.; Anya, S. [396] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K001518143 Yes
Ashworth, J.; Akwo, E.; Warren, Y. [58] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K001518142 Yes
Tadjouteu, F. [502] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000875634 Yes
Etuge, M. [4376] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000093786 Yes
Satabie, B. [1082 B] Cameroon Maytenus buchananii K000337622 Yes

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