Berberis aemulans

峨眉小檗 e mei xiao bo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species: B. aemulans
Binomial name
Berberis aemulans
C.K. Schneid.

Berberis aemulans is a shrub endemic to the region of Sichuan in southern China. It grows there in thickets and on slopes at elevations of 2900-3200 m.[1][2]


Berberis aemulans is a deciduous shrub up to 2 m tall, with spines along the branches. Leaves are simple, elliptical to ovate, up to 4 cm long, lighter in color on the underside because of a waxy layer. Flowers are in simple racemes of only a few flowers. Berries egg-shaped, orange, up to 16 mm long.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of China, v 19 p 732
  2. ↑ C.K. Schneid., 1917, in Plantae Wilsonianae an enumeration of the woody plants collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University during the years 1907, 1908 and 1910 by E.H. Wilson edited by Charles Sprague Sargent 3: 435 1917
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