Celastrus buxifolius L. [family CELASTRACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 197 (1753) pro parte excl. tab. Plukenet. — Sond. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 459 (1860) non Maytenus buxifolia Griseb. (1866). Type from S. Africa.
Celastrus multiflorus Lam. [family CELASTRACEAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1: 661 (1785). — Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 364 (1868) non Maytenus multiflora Reiss. (1861) nec Loes. (1905). Type from Africa, cult. in Paris.
Celastrus ellipticus Thunb. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Hoffm., Phytogr. Blaett. 1: 22 (1803). — Sond., tom. cit.: 458 (1860) non Maytenus elliptica Krug & Urb. ex Duss (1897). Type from S. Africa.
Celastrus cymosus Soland. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Sims, Curt. Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2070 (1819) non Maytenus cymosa Krug & Urb. (1904).
Catha buxifolia L. G. Don [family CELASTRACEAE], Gen. Syst. 2: 10 (1832). Type as for Celastrus buxifolius.
Celastrus heterophyllus Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. Extratrop. 1: 120 (1834–35?). — Sond., tom. cit.: 458 (1860). Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus patens Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus goniecaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus humilis Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus spathephyllus Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], tom.cit.: 121 (1834–35?). Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus venenatus Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus empleurifolius Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus polyanthemos Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus rhombifolius Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. — Sond., tom. cit.: 460 (1860). Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Celastrus parvifolius Eckl. & Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Catha heterophylla Eckl. & Zeyh. Presl [family CELASTRACEAE], Bot. Bemerk.: 33 (1844). Type as for Celastrus heterophyllus.
Catha cymosa Soland. C. Presl [family CELASTRACEAE], loc. cit. Type as for Celastrus cymosus.
Celastrus angularis Sond. [family CELASTRACEAE], tom.cit.: 460 (1860). Syntypes from Cape Prov. and the Transvaal.
Celastrus andongensis Oliv. [family CELASTRACEAE], tom. cit.: 361 (1868). Type from Angola.
Gymnosporia buxifolia L. Szyszyl. [family CELASTRACEAE], Polypet. Disc. Rehm.: 34 (1888). — Bak. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 44 (1911). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5:404 (1916). — Davison in Bothalia, 2: 317 (1927). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 2: 448 (1932). — Steedman, Trees etc. S. Rhod.: 42 (1933). — Loes. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 20b: 152 (1942). — Hutch., Botanist in S. Afr.: 89, 225, 228, 361, 506 (1946). — O.B. Mill., B.C.L.: 35 (1948); in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 18: 48 (1952). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 127 (1949). Type as for Celastrus buxifolius.
Gymnosporia woodii Szyszyl. [family CELASTRACEAE], tom.cit.: 35 (1888). — Loes. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 20b: 152 (1942). Type from Natal.
Elaeodendron glaucum [family CELASTRACEAE], sensu Szyszyl., tom. cit.: 36 (1888).
Cassine szyszylowiczii Kuntze [family CELASTRACEAE], Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 114 (1891). Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Gymnosporia heterophylla Eckl. & Zeyh. Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3, 5: 207 (1892); op. cit., ed. 2, 20b: 152 (1942). — Davison, tom.cit.: 317 (1927). Type as for Celastrus heterophyllus.
Gymnosporia brevipetala Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Engl., tom.cit.: 546 (1893); in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 20b: 149 (1942). Type from E. Africa.
Gymnosporia senegalensis var. maranguensis Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 19: 231 (1894). Type from Tanganyika.
Gymnosporia glauca Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 28: 154 (1900) nom. illegit. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Gymnosporia buxifolioides Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], op. cit. 30: 344 (1901). — Brenan, loc. cit. Type from Tanganyika.
Gymnosporia capitata var. tenuifolia Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss., Sér. 2, 3: 823 (1903). Type from SW. Africa.
Gymnosporia rhombifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Bolus & Wolley-Dod [family CELASTRACEAE], in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. 14: 247 (1903). Type as for Celastrus rhombifolius.
Gymnosporia condensata Sprague [family CELASTRACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1906: 246 (1906). — Davison, torn, cit.: 305 (1927). Type from the Transvaal.
Gymnosporia angularis Sond. Sim [family CELASTRACEAE], For. & For. Fl. Col. Cap. Good Hope.: 186 (1907). Syntypes as for Celastrus angularis.
Gymnosporia maranguensis Loes. Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 41: 303 (1908); in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 20b: 149 (1942). — Brenan, tom. cit.: 126 (1949). Type as for G. senegalensis var. maranguensis.
Gymnosporia acanthophora Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], tom. cit.: 299 (1908). Type from SW. Africa.
Celastrus polyacanthus [family CELASTRACEAE], sensu Eyles, tom. cit.: 404 (1916).
Gymnosporia elliptica Thunb. Schonl. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Bot. Surv. S. Afr., Mem. 1: 73 (1919). — Davison, tom. cit.: 306, t. 10 fig. 2 (1927). Type as for Celastrus ellipticus.
Gymnosporia uniflora Davison [family CELASTRACEAE], tom. cit.: 294 (1927). Type from Natal.
Gymnosporia crataegiflora Davison [family CELASTRACEAE], tom. cit.: 314, t. 18 (1927). Syntypes from Natal.
Gymnosporia trigyna [family CELASTRACEAE], sensu Perrier, Fl. Madag., Celastrac.: 21 (1946).
Maytenus cymosa Soland. Exell [family CELASTRACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 26: 222 (1952). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 2, 1: 3 (1954). — Marais in Bothalia, 7: 385 (1960). — Wilczek, F.C.B. 9: 122 (1960). Type as for Celastrus cymosus.
Maytenus angolensis Exell & Mendonça [family CELASTRACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 26: 224 (1952); C.F.A. 2, 1: 4, t. 1 fig. B (1954). Type from Angola.
Maytenus brevipetala Loes. Wilczek [family CELASTRACEAE], F.C.B. 9:118 (1960). Type as for Gymnosporia brevipetala.
Maytenus senegalensis [family CELASTRACEAE], sensu White, F.F.N.R.: 218 (1962) pro parte quoad syn. M. cymosus, et auct. plur.
Maytenus heterophylla Eckl. & Zeyh. N. Robson [family CELASTRACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 39: 17 (1965). TAB. 76 fig. B. Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).