Berberis harrisoniana

Berberis harrisoniana

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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. harrisoniana
Binomial name
Berberis harrisoniana
Kearney & Peebles

Berberis harrisoniana[2] (syn: Mahonia harrisoniana) is a rare species of flowering plant in the barberry family, Berberidaceae. It is known by the common names Kofa barberry, Kofa Mountain barberry, Harrison's barberry, and red barberry.[3]

It is native to the southwestern United States, where it occurs in the Sonoran Colorado Desert in far eastern San Bernardino County in southeastern California and in the Sonoran Desert region in southwestern Arizona (Yuma, La Paz, Pima and Maricopa counties).[4]

It occurs in shaded, rocky canyons in the mountains, at an elevation of approximately 800–1000 meters.[5][6]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. (1939). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 29: 477. 1939.
  3. ^ Berberis harrisoniana. Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Plant Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
  4. ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) Berberis harrisoniana
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference fna was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Laferriere, J. E. 1992. Berberidaceae, Barberry Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 26:2-4.