Gymnosporia arbutifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Gymnosporia |
Species: | G. arbutifolia
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Binomial name | |
Gymnosporia arbutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.)
Loes. (1893)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Gymnosporia arbutifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a thorny shrub or tree native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. [2] It grows in the mountains of eastern Africa, from the Ethiopian Highlands to the Albertine Rift, and to the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, from 1350 to 2080 meters elevation. [2]
Two subspecies are accepted: