Gymnosporia buchananii Loes.

We have few details about this taxon; if you can provide any information, photos or reliable records, please contact one of the site authors. Email addresses are given on the home page.

Images: None on this site.

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Maytenus buchananii (Loes.) Wilczek
Maytenus edgari Exell & Mendonça
Common names:
Frequency:
Status:
Description:
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: buchananii: after Rev. John Buchanan (1821-1903), a Presbyterian clergyman and plant collector.
Habitat:
Altitude range:
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:
Malawi distribution: N,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 125. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 505. (Includes a picture).

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28. As Maytenus buchananii

Robson, N.K.B. (1966). Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 363 - 364. As Maytenus buchananii

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 66. as Maytenus buchananii

Other sources of information about Gymnosporia buchananii:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Gymnosporia buchananii
Flora of Mozambique: Gymnosporia buchananii
Flora of Zambia: Gymnosporia buchananii

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gymnosporia buchananii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gymnosporia buchananii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gymnosporia buchananii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Gymnosporia buchananii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Gymnosporia buchananii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gymnosporia buchananii
JSTOR Plant Science: Gymnosporia buchananii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gymnosporia buchananii
Plants of the World Online: Gymnosporia buchananii
Tropicos: Gymnosporia buchananii
Wikipedia: Gymnosporia buchananii


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Gymnosporia buchananii.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=195080, retrieved 28 March 2024

Site software last modified: 3 April 2018 9:36pm
Terms of use