Berberis decipiens

Berberis decipiens
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Berberis
Species:	B. decipiens
Binomial name
Berberis decipiens (C.K.Schneid.) Laferr.
Synonyms [2]
Mahonia decipiens C.K.Schneid.

Berberis decipiens is a species of shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1913. It is endemic to Hubei Province in China. ^[3] The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. ^[1]

Taxonomy

Berberis decipiens was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia decipiens by Camillo Karl Schneider. ^{[2] [4]} A paper was published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for reclassifying moving it and other species of genus Mahonia as part of genus Berberis . As of 2023 this is the most commonly accepted classification. ^{[2] [5]}

References

1. China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Mahonia decipiens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T46574A11060027. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46574A11060027.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "Berberis decipiens (C.K.Schneid.) Laferr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 8 November 2023.
3. Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 776 鄂西十大功劳 e xi shi da gong lao Mahonia decipiens C. K. Schneider in Sargent
4. Sargent, Charles Sprague. 1913. Plantae Wilsonianae. An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1: 379
5. Laferrière, Joseph Edward (1997). "Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis (Berberidaceae)". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 82 (9): 95–97. Retrieved 7 November 2023.