Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (7 August 1862), Genera Plantarum 1(1): 365 [comb. nov.]

• Type: Gymnosporia montana (Roemer & Schultes) Benth.

basionym: Celastrus sect. Gymnosporia Wight & Arn. legitimate

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 4627).

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 400 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 96 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Celastraceae. Flora of Australia 22: 159 [secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Celastraceae. Flora of Australia 22: 159 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Maytenus Molina legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 192 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Maytenus Molina legitimate

Bean, A.R. & Jessup, L.W. (15 December 2000), Two new species of Apatophyllum McGillivray (Celastraceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 5(4): 692 [secondary reference]

Jordaan, M. & van Wyk, A.E. (4 July 2003), Reinstatement of Gymnosporia (Celastraceae): implications for the Flora Malesiana region. Telopea 10(1): 155-167 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Celastrus sect. Gymnosporia Wight & Arn. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as a synonym of Maytenus in Flora of Australia 22: 159-164 (1984), but recognised as a distinct genus by Jordaan & van Wyk (1999) and Bean & Jessup (2000).
• APC Dist.: Qld

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 116 [secondary reference]

Simmons, M.P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Celastraceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 46 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 383 [secondary reference]

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