Berberis piperiana

Berberis piperiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. piperiana
Binomial name
Berberis piperiana
(Abrams) McMinn
Synonyms[1]

Mahonia piperiana Abrams

Berberis piperiana is a shrub native to the mountains of northern California and southwestern Oregon. It is found in open and wooded slopes at elevations of 900–1,700 m (3,000–5,600 ft).[2]

Berberis piperiana can attain a height of up to 80 cm (31 in). Leaves are evergreen, pinnately compound with 5–9 leaflets. Berries are dark blue and waxy. The species is related to the more common Oregon-grape, B. aquifolium, but distinguished by its shorter stature and broader leaflets.[2][3][4]

The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[2][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ a b c "Berberis piperiana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
  3. ^ McMinn, Howard Earnest. Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs 125. 1939.
  4. ^ Abrams, LeRoy. Phytologia 1: 91. 1934.
  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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