Berberis bealei

Berberis bealei
Berries
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. bealei
Binomial name
Berberis bealei
Synonyms[1][2][3][4]
  • Berberis japonica Lindl.
  • Berberis magellanica K.Koch
  • Mahonia bealei (Fortune) Carrière
  • Mahonia japonica var. bealei (Fortune) Fedde
  • Mahonia japonica var. planifolia (Hook.f.) H.Lév.

Berberis bealei, also known as leatherleaf mahonia, Beale's barberry,[5][6] is a species of evergreen[7] shrub native to mainland China.[3] The species has been regarded as the same species as Berberis 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. Berberis bealei has reportedly escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered places in the south-eastern United States from Arkansas to Florida to Delaware.[8][9]

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ a b Flora of China v 19 p 778, Mahonia bealei
  4. ^ POWO
  5. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Mahonia bealei​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Berberis bealei (Leatherleaf Mahonia) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  7. ^ Sarazin, Andreas. "Beals Mahonie - Mahonia bealei (Berberidaceae)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program
  9. ^ Flora of North America vol 3, Berberis bealei