Taxon: Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszył.

Summary

Genus:

Gymnosporia

Family:

Celastraceae

Subfamily:

Celastroideae

Nomen number:

18097

Place of publication:

Rozpr. Spraw. Posiedzen Wydz. Mat.-Pryzr. Akad. Umiejetn. 18:34. 1888 (Polypet. discifl. Rehman.)

Verified:

02/08/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Celastrus buxifolius L.

No images

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flore du Cameroun.
Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
Guillarmod, A. J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho.
Wursten, B. et al. Flora of Zimbabwe (on-line resource).

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia		Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia		Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	South Sudan	Central Equatoria	Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	South Sudan	Eastern Equatoria	Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	South Sudan	Northern Bahr el Ghazal	Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	South Sudan	Western Bahr el Ghazal	Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	South Sudan	Western Equatoria	Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique		Wursten, B. et al. Flora of Zimbabwe (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe		Wursten, B. et al. Flora of Zimbabwe (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Lesotho		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Gauteng	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Northern Cape	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	North-West	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Western Cape	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan [Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Western Equatoria]
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West]

Reference(s)

Darbyshire, I. et al., eds. 2015. The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, an annotated checklist Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.. 212.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. 357.
Wursten, B. et al. Flora of Zimbabwe (on-line resource).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18097. Accessed 17 April 2026.