Berberis amoena is a shrub native to the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. It is found at elevations of 1600–3100 m.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. amoena
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis amoena | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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The species was initially described in 1905 and given the name Berberis elegans. It was later discovered that this name had already been used twice before, so the plant was renamed Berberis amoena in 1911.[1]
Berberis amoena is a deciduous shrub up to 100 cm tall, with spines up to 12 mm long along the smaller branches. Leaves are elliptical, up to 16 mm long. Flowers are borne in groups of 4–8. Berries are red and oblong, growing up to 6 mm long.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Flora of China
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Dunn, Stephen Troyte. 1911. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 39: 422.
- ^ Camillo Karl Schneider. 1905. Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 5: 463, Berberis elegans
- ^ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil. 1912. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 5: 167,
- ^ Ahrendt, Leslie Walter Allen. 1961. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 57.
- ^ Rehder, Alfred. 1936. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum xvii. 323, in adnot., Berberis schneideri