Berberis jiulongensis T.S.Ying

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Berberis

Characteristics

Shrubs, evergreen, 1-2 m tall. Branches dark gray, angulate; shoots purplish red, sparsely black verruculose. Spines simple, purplish red, 5-10 mm. Leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially green, obovate-lanceolate or narrowly obovate, 1.5-3.5 cm × 5-8 mm, thinly leathery, abaxially not pruinose, midvein obviously raised, lateral veins conspicuous, adaxially with inconspicuous midvein and lateral veins, both surfaces with markedly raised reticulate veins, base attenuate, margin entire, apex rounded, obtuse, aristate. Inflorescence a corymbose panicle, 20-30-flowered, 4-10 cm, often with 1-3 racemes fascicled at base, sometimes flowers verticillate at apex of inflorescence; bracts leaflike, ca. 1 cm. Pedicels ca. 2 mm. Sepals in 3 whorls; outer sepals triangular-ovate or ovate, 2-2.5 × 1.6-2 mm; median sepals broadly elliptic or suborbicular, ca. 3.2 × 2.8-3 mm; inner sepals broadly obovate, 4.5-5 × 4.1-4.5 mm. Petals obovate or obovate-elliptic, 4-4.5 × 3-3.5 mm, base clawed, with separate glands, apex emarginate. Stamens 3.5-4 mm; anther connective prolonged, obtuse or truncate. Ovules 3 or 4, shortly funiculate. Fruit unknown. Fl. Jun, fr. unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 60 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 18
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Distribution

Berberis jiulongensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1009583-1
WFO ID wfo-0000750610
COL ID 5WKC9
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Synonyms

Berberis jiulongensis