Mahonia microphylla

Mahonia microphylla
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Mahonia
Species:	M. microphylla
Binomial name
Mahonia microphylla T.S.Ying & G.R.Long

Mahonia microphylla is a shrub in the Berberidaceae first described as a species in 1999. ^[2] It is endemic to Guangxi Province in China.

The species is listed as vulnerable, ^[1] but its taxonomic status is uncertain with Plants of the World Online and World Flora Online listing it as "unplaced" or "unchecked and awaiting taxonomic scrutiny" respectively. ^{[3] [4]}

Mahonia microphylla should not be confused with Berberis microphylla G.Forst., native to South America. ^[5]

References

1. China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Mahonia microphylla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004 e.T46575A11060183. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46575A11060183.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. T. S. Ying & G. R. Long, Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 37: 282.
3. "Mahonia microphylla T.S.Ying & G.R.Long". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 13 November 2023.
4. WFO (2023). "Mahonia microphylla T.S.Ying & G.R.Lon". World Flora Online. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
5. The International Plant Names Index