Berberis amoena

美丽小檗 mei li xiao bo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Berberis
Species:	B. amoena
Binomial name
Berberis amoena Dunn
Synonyms[1][2]
Berberis amoena var. moloensis Ahrendt Berberis amoena var. umbelliflora Ahrendt Berberis elegans (Franch.) C.K.Schneid. 1905, illegitimate homonym, not K.Koch 1869 nor H.Léveille 1904. Berberis leptoclada Diels Berberis schneideri Rehder Berberis sinensis var. elegans Franch.

Berberis amoena is a shrub native to the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. It is found at elevations of 1600-3100 m.^[1]

The species was initially described in 1905 and given the name Berberis elegans. It was later discovered that this name had already been used twice before, so the plant was renamed Berberis amoena in 1911.^[1]

Berberis amoena is a deciduous shrub up to 100 cm tall, with spines up to 12 mm long along the smaller branches. Leaves are elliptical, up to 16 mm long. Flowers are borne in groups of 4-8. Berries are red and oblong, growing up to 6 mm long.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7]}

References

1. Flora of China
2. The Plant List
3. Dunn, Stephen Troyte. 1911. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 39: 422.
4. Camillo Karl Schneider. 1905. Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 5: 463, Berberis elegans
5. Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1912. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 5: 167,
6. Ahrendt, Leslie Walter Allen. 1961. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 57.
7. Rehder, Alfred. 1936. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum xvii. 323, in adnot., Berberis schneideri