Biology:Berberis swaseyi
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Short description: Species of shrub
| Berberis swaseyi | |
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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. swaseyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis swaseyi Buckl. ex Young
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Berberis swaseyi[3] (Texas barberry)[4] is a rare species of barberry endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas . It grows in limestone ridges and canyons. The species is evergreen, with thick, rigid, 5-9-foliolate leaves. Berries are dry or juicy, white to red, about 9–16 mm in diam.[5][6]
The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[5][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ M. J. Young, Flora of Texas 152. 1873.
- ↑ "Mahonia swaseyi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MASW. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Flora of North America, vol 3
- ↑ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
- ↑ Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.
Wikidata ☰ Q16748810 entry
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