Berberis diaphana Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Berberis

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, 1-3 m tall. Shoots green; branches gray, sulcate, verruculose; spines 3-fid, pale yellow, 1-2 cm, stout. Leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, oblong or obovate-oblong, 1.5-4 × 0.5-1.6 cm, papery, abaxially sometimes slightly pruinose, adaxially with raised lateral and reticulate veins, base cuneate, margin 2-14-spinose-serrate on each side, occasionally entire, apex slightly obtuse. Flowers 2-5-fascicled, occasionally solitary. Pedicels 1.2-2.2 cm. Sepals in 2 whorls; outer sepals subovate, ca. 8 × 5.5 mm; inner sepals elliptic, ca. 9 × 6 mm. Petals ovate-elliptic, 6-7 × 5-5.5 mm, base clawed, with separate glands, apex acute, incised. Stamens ca. 4.5 mm; anther connective truncate. Ovules 6-10. Berry red, ovoid-oblong, 1-1.2 cm × 6-7 mm, occasionally pruinose; style persistent, apex slightly bent. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.95
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 60 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Berberis diaphana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106600-1
WFO ID wfo-0000563073
COL ID LJMS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Berberis diaphana