Berberis kerriana Ahrendt

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Berberis

Characteristics

Shrubs, evergreen, ca. 2 m tall. Stems pale yellow, terete, glabrous; branches deep red, becoming red-brown, and soon yellow-brown; shoots reddish; internodes 1-2 cm; spines discolorous, pale yellow, 2-3.5 cm, slender. Leaves adaxially slightly shiny, oblanceolate, 2.5-4.5 × 0.7-1.3 cm, slightly stiffly leathery, abaxially white pruinose, with veins more distinct, adaxially veins branched, scarcely subreticulate, base attenuate, margin entire, sometimes toward apex 3-5-spinose-serrate on each side, apex acute. Inflorescence a panicle, 6-12-flowered, 3-5 cm; bracts ca. 1 mm. Pedicels 7-14 mm. Ovules 2 or 3. Berry black, oblong, 9-10 × 5-6 mm, excluding a very short but distinct style, gray pruinose. Fl. May, fr. Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 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 kerriana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106809-1
WFO ID wfo-0000563392
COL ID LJV2
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Synonyms

Berberis kerriana