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Berberis pumila

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Berberis pumila

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. pumila
Binomial name
Berberis pumila
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Mahonia pumila (Greene) Fedde
  • Odostemon pumilus (Greene) A. Heller

Berberis pumila is a species of shrub native to Oregon and northern California. It is found in open woods and rocky areas at an altitude of 300–1,200 m (980–3,940 ft) in the Coast Ranges, the northern Sierra Nevada and the southern Cascades, often on serpentine soils.[2]

Berberis pumila is evergreen, rarely more than 40 cm tall. It has compound leaves and dark blue berries.[2][4]

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

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Berberis pumila". NatureServe Explorer Berberis pumila. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Flora of North America, vol 3
  3. ^ Tropicos
  4. ^ Greene, Edward Lee. Pittonia 2(10A): 161–162. 1891.
  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.