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Berberis swaseyi

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Berberis swaseyi
Foliage

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. swaseyi
Binomial name
Berberis swaseyi
Buckl. ex Young
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Mahonia swaseyi (Buckley ex M.J. Young) Fedde
  • Odostemon swaseyi (Buckley ex M.J. Young) A. Heller
  • Alloberbis swaseyi (Buckley) C.C. Yu & K.F. Chung

Berberis swaseyi[4] (Texas barberry)[5] is a rare species of barberry endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. It grows in limestone ridges and canyons. The species is evergreen, with thick, rigid, five-to-nine foliolate leaves. Berries are dry or juicy, white to red, about 9–16 mm in diam.[6][7]

The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[6][8][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (5 April 2024). "Mahonia swaseyi". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Berberis swaseyi Buckley". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ WFO (2024). "Berberis swaseyi Buckley". World Flora Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  4. ^ M. J. Young, Flora of Texas 152. 1873.
  5. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Mahonia swaseyi​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b Flora of North America, vol 3
  7. ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
  8. ^ Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
  9. ^ Marroquín, Jorge S., & Joseph E. Laferrière. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 30(1):53-55.
  10. ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.