Berberis stenostachya Ahrendt

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Berberis

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, ca. 2 m tall. Branches pale yellow, sulcate, glabrous; young shoots pale red, angulate, puberulous, glabrous when mature; spines 3-fid, 1-3 cm, adaxially sulcate. Petiole 4-10 mm; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, obovate or obovate-oblong, 2-8 × 0.8-3.5 cm, papery, abaxially densely puberulous and mixed tomentulose, midvein and lateral veins obviously raised, adaxially sparsely puberulous, midvein flat, lateral veins slightly raised, both surfaces with conspicuous reticulate veins, margin very sinuate, 10-20-spinose-serrate on each side, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescence a spikelike raceme, nutant, 4-6 cm, 20-35-flowered; rachis puberulous. Pedicels 1-2 cm, puberulous; bracts 2-3 mm, puberulous; bractlets red, ovate, ca. 1 mm, apex acute. Sepals in 2 whorls; outer sepals ovate, ca. 2 × 1 mm; inner sepals obovate-elliptic, ca. 3.5 × 1.5 mm. Petals elliptic, ca. 3 × 1.3 mm, base cuneate, with separate elliptic glands, apex emarginate. Stamens ca. 2 mm; anther connective not prolonged, truncate. Ovules 2. Berry red, ellipsoid, ca. 6 × 3.5 mm, not pruinose, style not persistent; seeds brown. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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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 stenostachya world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107108-1
WFO ID wfo-0000563878
COL ID LK8G
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Synonyms

Berberis stenostachya