Gymnosporia fruticosa (Thwaites) Thwaites (1864:409)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Catha fruticosa Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 72 (1858); Maytenus fruticosa (Thwaites) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 20b: 140 (1942)

Conservation Status

Rediscovered [by implication] (Wijesundara et al., 2020:41)

Distribution & Habitat

Sri Lanka

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

IUCN Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. (2007). The 2007 Red List of Threatened Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka. xiii + 148 pp.

Jordaan, M. (2012). A monograph of Gymnosporia (Celastraceae): 1-759. Thesis, Faculty Nat. Agric. Sci., Univ. of Pretoria.

MOE (Ministry of Environment). (2012). The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. viii + 476 pp.

POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 6 July 2024]

Wijesundara, Siril, Ranasinghe, Subhani, Jayasinghe, Himesh, Gunawardena, Nadeeka, Fonseka, Gayani and Wijesooriya, Shivanthi. (2020). Angiosperms in Sri Lanka: Present status of Angiosperms in Sri Lanka, pp. 1-168. In: The National Red List 2020 - Conservation Status of the Flora of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka: Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Environment and the National Herbarium, Department of National Botanic Gardens. xviii + 254 pp.

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