Gymnosporia
Gymnosporia is an Old World genus of plants, that comprise suffrutices, shrubs and trees. It was formerly considered congeneric with Maytenus, but more recent investigations separated it based on the presence of achyblasts and spines, alternate leaves or fascicles of leaves, an inflorescence that forms a dichasium, mostly unisexual flowers, and fruit forming a dehiscent capsule, with an aril on the seed. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Range
The genus occurs in all of Africa, Madagascar and adjacent islands, southern Spain, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, Malesia, Micronesia, and in Queensland, Australia. In the Afrotropical realm the two main centers of diversity are in the south and the northeast.
Species
The genus includes some 114 species:Gymnosporia acuminata Hook.f. ex M.A.LawsonGymnosporia addat Loes. – EthiopiaGymnosporia alaternifolia Loes.Gymnosporia annobonensis Loes. & Mildbr.Gymnosporia arbutifolia Loes.Gymnosporia arenicola JordaanGymnosporia austroyunnanensis M.P.SimmonsGymnosporia bachmannii Loes.Gymnosporia bailadillana V.Naray. & MooneyGymnosporia baumii Loes.Gymnosporia benguelensis Loes.Gymnosporia beniensis Robyns & LawalréeGymnosporia berberoides W.W.Sm.Gymnosporia bonii Pit.Gymnosporia brevipetala Loes.Gymnosporia buchananii Loes.Gymnosporia buxifolia Szyszyl.Gymnosporia buxifolioides Loes.Gymnosporia capitata Loes.Gymnosporia cassinoides Masf. – Canary IslandsGymnosporia chevalieri TardieuGymnosporia commiphoroides H.PerrierGymnosporia confertiflora M.P.SimmonsGymnosporia cortii Pic.Serm.Gymnosporia crataegina BakerGymnosporia crenata Seem.Gymnosporia cryptopetala Reyes-Bet. & A.SantosGymnosporia devenishii JordaanGymnosporia dhofarensis Jordaan – Oman and YemenGymnosporia divaricata BakerGymnosporia diversifolia Maxim.Gymnosporia dongfangensis M.P.SimmonsGymnosporia drummondii JordaanGymnosporia dryandri Masf.Gymnosporia elliptica SchönlandGymnosporia emarginata ThwaitesGymnosporia engleriana Loes.Gymnosporia esquirolii H.Lév.Gymnosporia falconeri M.A.LawsonGymnosporia forsskaoliana JordaanGymnosporia fruticosa ThwaitesGymnosporia gariepensis JordaanGymnosporia glaucophylla JordaanGymnosporia gracilipes Loes.Gymnosporia gracilis Loes.Gymnosporia grandifolia JordaanGymnosporia grossulariae Loes.Gymnosporia guangxiensis M.P.SimmonsGymnosporia gurueensis JordaanGymnosporia hainanensis Merr. & ChunGymnosporia harenensis Jordaan – EthiopiaGymnosporia harlandii HanceGymnosporia harveyana Loes.Gymnosporia hemipterocarpa JordaanGymnosporia heterophylla Loes.Gymnosporia heyneana M.A.LawsonGymnosporia integrifolia GloverGymnosporia intermedia Chiov.Gymnosporia jinyangensis Q.R.Liu & FunstonGymnosporia keniensis JordaanGymnosporia leptopus BakerGymnosporia linearis Loes.Gymnosporia littoralis JordaanGymnosporia livingstonei JordaanGymnosporia macrocarpa JordaanGymnosporia maranguensis Loes.Gymnosporia marcanii CraibGymnosporia markwardii JordaanGymnosporia masindei JordaanGymnosporia matoboensis JordaanGymnosporia montana Benth.Gymnosporia mossambicensis Loes.Gymnosporia neglecta M.A.LawsonGymnosporia nemorosa Szyszyl.Gymnosporia nguruensis JordaanGymnosporia nitida Merr.Gymnosporia obbiadensis Chiov.Gymnosporia obscura Loes.Gymnosporia orbiculata Q.R.Liu &Gymnosporia ovata M.A.LawsonGymnosporia oxycarpa JordaanGymnosporia pallida Collett & Hemsl.Gymnosporia parviflora Chiov.Gymnosporia pertinax M.P.Simmons – Rapa ItiGymnosporia polyacanthus Szyszyl.Gymnosporia puberula M.A.LawsonGymnosporia pubescens JordaanGymnosporia punctata JordaanGymnosporia putterlickioides Loes.Gymnosporia pyria JordaanGymnosporia richardsiae JordaanGymnosporia rothiana M.A.LawsonGymnosporia royleana Wall. ex M.A.LawsonGymnosporia rubra Loes.Gymnosporia rufa Hook.f.Gymnosporia salicifolia M.A.LawsonGymnosporia schliebenii JordaanGymnosporia senegalensis Loes.Gymnosporia serrata Loes.Gymnosporia sikkimensis PrainGymnosporia somalensis Loes.Gymnosporia spinosa Merr. & RolfeGymnosporia stylosa Pierre – Indochina and Peninsular MalaysiaGymnosporia swazica JordaanGymnosporia tenuispina Szyszyl.Gymnosporia thompsonii Merr. – Mariana & Caroline IslandsGymnosporia thomsonii KurzGymnosporia thyrsiflora W.B.Yu & D.Z.LiGymnosporia tiaoloshanensis Chun & F.C.HowGymnosporia trilocularis HayataGymnosporia uniflora DavisonGymnosporia vanwykii JordaanGymnosporia variabilis Loes.Gymnosporia wallichiana M.A.LawsonGymnosporia woodii Szyszyl.