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Berberis L.

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Berberis L., Sp. Pl. 330-331 (1753)
Berberis L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
330-331
ICN
Berberis L.
genus
Berberis

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Berberis

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Berberis L.

Evergreen or deciduous shrubs, sometimes small subshrubs, usually glabrous or nearly so; wood yellow. Lvs on short or spur shoots simple, often with spiny margins; lvs on long shoots usually modified to form (1)-3-(5)-partite spines. Fls solitary, or in fascicles, racemes (sometimes pseudo-umbellate) or panicles, bracteate, axillary. Perianth segments 12 or 15, consisting of 6 or 9 sepals and 6 petals, imbricate, pale yellow to orange; innermost petals with nectariferous glands at base. Stamens 6, usually sensitive to touch; stigma sessile or on short style. Berry red or black, often with glaucous bloom, (1)-2-(several)-seeded.
Glabrous evergreen shrubs, occasionally tree-like; wood yellow. Lvs never modified to form spines, imparipinnate, rarely 3-foliolate; leaflets usually with spiny margins. Fls usually numerous in racemes and panicles arising fasciculately from the axils of bud scales. Perianth yellow; segments 15, sometimes the outer 3 bract-like. Stamens 6. Ovary with few ovules; style 0 or short. Berry black, usually with glaucous bloom.

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Berberis L.
Nepal
Berberis L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Berberis L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Berberis L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Berberis L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Berberis L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
United Kingdom

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1 January 2000
6 October 2021
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