Mahonia bealei
| leatherleaf mahonia 阔叶十大功劳 kuo ye shi da gong lao | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Mahonia |
| Species: | M. bealei |
| Binomial name | |
| Mahonia bealei (Fortune) Carrière | |
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Mahonia bealei (Beale's barberry)[4] is a shrub native to mainland China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang).[3] The species has sometimes been regarded as the same species as Mahonia japonica, native to Taiwan, but the two differ consistently in certain floral and leaf characters. Both species are widely cultivated in many countries as ornamentals. Mahonia bealei has reportedly escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered places in the southeastern United States from Arkansas to Florida to Delaware.[5][6]
Mahonia bealei is a shrub or small tree up to 8 m tall. Leaves are up to 50 cm long, with 4-10 [pairs of leaflets, plus a much larger terminal leaflet. Flowers are borne in an erect raceme up to 30 cm long. Berry is egg-shaped, dark purple up to 15 mm long.[3][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ The Plant List
- 1 2 3 Flora of China v 19 p 778, Mahonia bealei
- ↑ "Mahonia bealei". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program
- ↑ Flora of North America vol 3, Berberis bealei
- ↑ Carrière, Élie Abel. 1855. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 10: 166 Mahonia bealei
- ↑ Fortune, Robert. 1850. Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1850: 212, Berberis bealei
- ↑ Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31(1): 119–120, Mahonia japonica var. bealei
