Berberis hancockiana

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Berberis hancockiana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. hancockiana
Binomial name
Berberis hancockiana
(T.S.Ying) Laferr.
Synonyms [1]
  • Mahonia hancockiana Takeda

Berberis hancockiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, first described in 1917. It is endemic to Yunnan Province in southwestern China. [2]

Taxonomy

Berberis hancockiana was initially scientifically described and named by Tsun Shen Ying as Mahonia hancockiana. [1] [3] A paper was published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarizing the arguments for Mahonia being more properly classified as a synonym of Berberis included Berberis hancockiana. [4] As of 2023 this is the most common classification by botanists. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Berberis hancockiana (Takeda) Laferr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 782 滇南十大功劳 dian nan shi da gong lao Mahonia hancockiana Takeda
  3. Takeda, Notes of the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh. 6: 231.
  4. Laferrière, Joseph Edward (1997). "Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis (Berberidaceae)". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 82 (9): 95–97. Retrieved 8 November 2023.