Berberis moranensis

Berberis moranensis[2] is a shrub in the genus Berberis in the family Berberidaceae. Because of its compound leaves, some botanists place it in the genus Mahonia.[3] It is native to forested regions of the mountains of Mexico from Sinaloa and Guanajuato to Oaxaca. Berberis moranensis has thick waxy leaves, yellow flowers, and purple berries.[4][5] This species is closely related to Berberis pimana J.E. Laferr. & J.S. Marr.[6][7]

Berberis moranensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. moranensis
Binomial name
Berberis moranensis
Hebenstr. & Ludw. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Berberis pinnata Kunth
  • Berberis pinnata Sessé & Moc.
  • Mahonia pinnata Kunth
  • Mahonia moranensis (Schult. & Schult.f) I.M. Johnstone
  • Odostemon fascicularis (DC.) Abrams
  • Mahonia fascicularis DC.
  • Berberis fascicularis (DC.) Sims

References
  1. Tropicos Berberis moranensis
  2. Schult. & Schult.f., Systema Vegetabilium 7: 17. 1829.
  3. I.M. Johnstone, Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 31: 190. 1950.
  4. Marroquín, J. S. 1972. A Monographic Study of the Genus Berberis L. in Mexico, Ph.D. Thesis, Northeastern University. 1–177.
  5. Marroquin, J. S. 1993. Berberidaceae. Flora de Veracruz 75: 1–16.
  6. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
  7. Laferrière, Joseph E., & Jorge S. Marroquín. 1990. Berberis pimana (Berberidaceae): a new species from northwestern Mexico. Madroño 37(4):283-288.


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