Berberis tsienii T.S.Ying

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Berberis

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, ca. 1.5 m tall. Branches and shoots dark brown, very conspicuously sulcate, glabrous; spines 3-fid, weak, pale yellow, 2-5 mm. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade abaxially yellow-green, adaxially shiny, dark green, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, sometimes obovate, 7-15 × 3-6 mm, papery, abaxially midvein slightly raised, lateral and reticulate veins inconspicuous, not pruinose, adaxially veins inconspicuous, base cuneate, margin 1-3-spinose-serrulate on each side, apex acute. Flowers unknown. Infructescence with 3-6-fascicled berries; fruit stalk purplish red, 3-4 mm, glabrous; berry ellipsoid, 6-8 × ca. 3 mm, not pruinose; style persistent, short; seeds 1. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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OctNovDec
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Environment

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Usage

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Cultivation

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

Berberis tsienii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1009573-1
WFO ID wfo-0000563976
COL ID 68KCV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Berberis tsienii