Berberis hayatana is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, first described in 1952, then renamed in 1954.[2][3] It is endemic to Taiwan.[1]

Berberis hayatana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. hayatana
Binomial name
Berberis hayatana
Mizushima
Synonyms[1]

Berberis formosana H.L. Li 1952, illegitimate homonym, not Ahrendt 1941

Berberis hayatana is a low evergreen shrub. Leaves are leathery, simple, narrowly oblanceolate to elliptical. Inflorescence is a fascicle of 2-6 flowers. Berries are ellipsoid, black.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 745 南湖小檗 nan hu xiao bo Berberis hayatana Mizushima
  2. ^ H.L.Li. 1952. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42: 41
  3. ^ Mizushima, Misc. Rep. Res. Inst. Nat. Resources. 35: 31. 1954.