Berberis piperiana

Species of shrub

Berberis piperiana

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Ranunculales
Family:  | Berberidaceae
Genus:  | Berberis
Species:  |

B. piperiana

Binomial name
Berberis piperiana

(Abrams) McMinn

Synonyms[1]

Mahonia piperiana Abrams

Berberis piperiana is a shrub native to the mountains of northern California and southwestern Oregon. It is found in open and wooded slopes at elevations of 900–1,700 m (3,000–5,600 ft).[2]

Berberis piperiana can attain a height of up to 80 cm (31 in). Leaves are evergreen, pinnately compound with 5-9 leaflets. Berries are dark blue and waxy. The species is related to the more common Oregon-grape, B. aquifolium, but distinguished by its shorter stature and broader leaflets.[2][3][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. ^ Tropicos
2. ^ a b c "Berberis piperiana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
3. ^ McMinn, Howard Earnest. Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs 125. 1939.
4. ^ Abrams, LeRoy. Phytologia 1: 91. 1934.
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.

Taxon identifiers

Berberis piperiana|

* Wikidata: Q16951266
* BOLD: 407094
* CoL: LK43
* FNA: 233500238
* GBIF: 3033869
* IPNI: 31520-2
* IRMNG: 10594632
* ITIS: 18830
* NCBI: 258194
* Open Tree of Life: 1020960
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:31520-2
* Tropicos: 3500178
* WFO: wfo-0000563696