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Berberis amurensis

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Berberis amurensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. amurensis
Binomial name
Berberis amurensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Berberis amurensis f. bretschneideri (Rehder) Ohwi
  • Berberis amurensis var. brevifolia Nakai
  • Berberis amurensis f. brevifolia (Nakai) Ohwi
  • Berberis amurensis var. japonica (Regel) Rehder
  • Berberis amurensis var. latifolia Nakai
  • Berberis amurensis f. latifolia (Nakai) W.Lee
  • Berberis amurensis var. licentii Ahrendt
  • Berberis bretschneideri Rehder
  • Berberis japonica (Regel) C.K.Schneid.
  • Berberis regeliana Koehne ex C.K.Schneid.
  • Berberis vulgaris var. amurensis (Rupr.) Regel
  • Berberis vulgaris var. japonica Regel

Berberis amurensis, commonly known as Amur barberry,[2] is a shrub native to Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East, and parts of China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi). It is named for the Amur River, which forms part of the boundary between Russia and China. It is found at elevations of 1100–2900 m.[3]

Berberis amurensis is a shrub up to 350 cm tall with spines up to 20 mm long on the smaller branches. Leaves are elliptical, paper-thin, up to 10 cm long. Flowers are borne in groups of up to 25. Berries are red, oblong, about 10 mm long.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List
  2. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 371. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. ^ a b Flora of China v 19 p 762.
  4. ^ Ruprecht, Franz Josef. 1857. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 260.
  5. ^ Rehder, Alfred. 1907. Trees and Shrubs: illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants / prepared chiefly from material at the Arnold arboreum of Harvard university, and edited by Charles Sprague Sargent. Boston, Berberis bretschneideri
  6. ^ Lee, Wootchul. 1996. Lineamenta Florae Koreae 350.
  7. ^ Nakai, Takenoshin. 1929. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo)43: 441.
  8. ^ Ohwi, Jisaburo. 1953. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo 33: 72.