{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants belonging to the barberry family}} {{About-distinguish-text|the Berberidaceae genus|the Asteraceae genus Gymnosperma|the non-flowering seed plants ''Gymnospermae''}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Gymnospermium albertii flowers extreme closeup.jpg |image_caption = ''Gymnospermium albertii'' |taxon = Gymnospermium |authority = Spach |type_species = ''Gymnospermium altaicum'' |type_species_authority = Spach<ref name=j/><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019045 Tropicos, ''Gymnospermium'' Spach ]</ref> }}
[[File:Gymnospermium albertii Alpine House Kew Gardens.jpg|thumb|''Gymnospermium albertii'': container plant in the Alpine House at Kew Gardens]] thumb|''G. odessanum'' growing in a Ukrainian nature reserve thumb|''G. altaicum'' growing in a Swedish botanic garden
'''''Gymnospermium''''' is a group of tuberous flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae described as a genus in 1839.<ref name=j>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31474219#page/78/mode/1up Spach, Édouard. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames 8: 66-68] partly in French, partly in Latin</ref><ref> {{cite book | title=Flowering plants, dicotyledons: magnoliid, hamamelid, and caryophyllid families | year=2002 | url=https://archive.org/details/floweringplantsd00kubi_386 | url-access=limited | last1=Kubitzki | first1=Klaus | last2=Rohwer | first2=Jens G. | last3=Bittrich | first3=Volker | publisher=Springer | page=[https://archive.org/details/floweringplantsd00kubi_386/page/n81 149] }}</ref> It is native to temperate Europe and Asia.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=114308 Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 799 <big>牡丹草属</big> mu dan cao shu ''Gymnospermium'' Spach]</ref><ref>[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/Gymnospermium Catalogue of Life, ''Gymnospermium'']</ref>
==Species== The genus contains the following species:<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Gymnospermium The Plant List, ''Gymnospermium'']</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em |# ''Gymnospermium albertii'' - Uzbekistan # ''Gymnospermium altaicum'' - Altai, Xinjiang # ''Gymnospermium darwasicum'' - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan # ''Gymnospermium kiangnanense'' - Anhui, Zhejiang # ''Gymnospermium maloi'' - southern Albania # ''Gymnospermium microrrhynchum'' - Jilin, Liaoning, Korea # ''Gymnospermium odessanum'' - Greece, Ukraine, Crimea # ''Gymnospermium peloponnesiacum'' - Greece # ''Gymnospermium scipetarum'' - Greece, North Macedonia, Albania # ''Gymnospermium silvaticum'' - Afghanistan, Tajikistan # ''Gymnospermium smirnovii'' - Kakheti, Ukraine # ''Gymnospermium sylvaticum'' - Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan # ''Gymnospermium vitellinum'' - Central Asia }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Berberidaceae genera}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q5625080}}
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