Berberis amplectens

Berberis amplectens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species: B. amplectens
Binomial name
Berberis amplectens
(Eastwood) L. C. Wheeler
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Mahonia amplectens Eastw.

Berberis amplectens is a rare species of shrubs endemic to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California, east of San Diego. It is an evergreen shrub up to 1.2 m (4 feet tall), with compound leaves and dark blue berries. It can be distinguished from other species in the genus by having numerous teeth along the leaf margins, as many as 15 per leaflet.[1][3][4]

The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[1][5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flora of North America vol 3.
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ Wheeler, Louis Cutter. Rhodora 39(465): 376. 1937.
  4. ↑ Eastwood, Alice. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 20(5): 145. 1931.
  5. ↑ Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
  6. ↑ Marroquín, Jorge S., & Joseph E. Laferrière. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 30(1):53-55.
  7. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.
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