Berberis wilcoxii
Berberis wilcoxii[3] is a shrub native to Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora. It is up to 2 m tall, with pinnately compound leaves of 5-7 leaflets, densely clustered racemes and ovoid berries up to 10 mm long. It is generally found in rocky canyons in mountainous areas at an elevation of 1700–2500 m.[4][5]
Berberis wilcoxii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Berberidaceae |
Genus: | Berberis |
Species: | B. wilcoxii |
Binomial name | |
Berberis wilcoxii Kearney | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Odostemon wilcoxii (Kearney) A. Heller |
The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[6][7][8][9]
References
- "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- Tropicos
- Kearney, Transactions of the New York Academy of Science 14: 29. 1894.
- Laferriere, J.E. Berberidaceae, Barberry Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 26:2-4. 1992.
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- Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
- 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.
- Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.
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