Berberis gracilipes explained

Berberis gracilipes is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae, first described in 1887. It is endemic to China, native to the Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces.^[1]

Taxonomy

Berberis gracilipes was initially scientifically described and named by Daniel Oliver.^{[2] [3]} As a part of the classification of some of genus Berberis as part of a separate genus Mahonia Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde renamed it as Mahonia gracilipes in 1901.^[4] A paper was published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for Mahonia being more properly classified as a synonym of Berberis. As of 2023 this is the most common classification by botanists.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008395 Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 774 细柄十大功劳 xi bing shi da gong lao Mahonia gracilipes (Oliver) Fedde
2. 106696-1 . Berberis gracilipes Oliv. . 11 November 2023.
3. Oliver, Daniel. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum; or Figures, with brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants 18, plate 1754
4. Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31(1-2): 130
5. Laferrière . Joseph Edward . Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis (Berberidaceae) . Botanicheskii Zhurnal . 1997 . 82 . 9 . 95–97 . 8 November 2023.