# Gymnospermium

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants belonging to the barberry family}}
{{About-distinguish-text|the Berberidaceae genus|the Asteraceae genus [Gymnosperma](/source/Gymnosperma)|the non-flowering seed plants ''[Gymnospermae](/source/Gymnospermae)''}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Gymnospermium albertii flowers extreme closeup.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Gymnospermium albertii](/source/Gymnospermium_albertii)''
|taxon = Gymnospermium
|authority = [Spach](/source/%C3%89douard_Spach)
|type_species = ''[Gymnospermium altaicum](/source/Gymnospermium_altaicum)''
|type_species_authority = [Spach](/source/%C3%89douard_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](/source/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](/source/tuberous) flowering plants in the family [Berberidaceae](/source/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](/source/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media)
 | 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>
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|# ''[Gymnospermium albertii](/source/Gymnospermium_albertii)'' - [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan)
# ''[Gymnospermium altaicum](/source/Gymnospermium_altaicum)'' - [Altai](/source/Altai_Republic), [Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang)
# ''[Gymnospermium darwasicum](/source/Gymnospermium_darwasicum)'' - [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan), [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan)
# ''[Gymnospermium kiangnanense](/source/Gymnospermium_kiangnanense)'' - [Anhui](/source/Anhui), [Zhejiang](/source/Zhejiang)
# ''[Gymnospermium maloi](/source/Gymnospermium_maloi)'' - southern [Albania](/source/Albania)
# ''[Gymnospermium microrrhynchum](/source/Gymnospermium_microrrhynchum)'' - [Jilin](/source/Jilin), [Liaoning](/source/Liaoning), Korea
# ''[Gymnospermium odessanum](/source/Gymnospermium_odessanum)'' - Greece, Ukraine, [Crimea](/source/Crimea)
# ''[Gymnospermium peloponnesiacum](/source/Gymnospermium_peloponnesiacum)'' - Greece
# ''[Gymnospermium scipetarum](/source/Gymnospermium_scipetarum)'' - Greece, [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia), [Albania](/source/Albania)
# ''[Gymnospermium silvaticum](/source/Gymnospermium_silvaticum)'' - [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan), [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan)
# ''[Gymnospermium smirnovii](/source/Gymnospermium_smirnovii)'' - [Kakheti](/source/Kakheti), Ukraine
# ''[Gymnospermium sylvaticum](/source/Gymnospermium_sylvaticum)'' - Iran, Afghanistan, [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan)
# ''[Gymnospermium vitellinum](/source/Gymnospermium_vitellinum)'' - Central Asia
}}

==References==
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{{Berberidaceae genera}}
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Category:Berberidaceae
Category:Berberidaceae genera

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