Berberis wilcoxii[3] is a shrub native to Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora. It is up to 2 m tall, with pinnately compound leaves of 5-7 leaflets, densely clustered racemes and ovoid berries up to 10 mm long. It is generally found in rocky canyons in mountainous areas at an elevation of 1700–2500 m.[4][5]
| Berberis wilcoxii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. wilcoxii
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis wilcoxii Kearney
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Odostemon wilcoxii (Kearney) A. Heller | |
The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[6][7][8][9]
References edit
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Kearney, Transactions of the New York Academy of Science 14: 29. 1894.
- ^ Laferriere, J.E. Berberidaceae, Barberry Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 26:2-4. 1992.
- ^ Flora of North America vol 3.
- ^ Flora of North America, vol 3
- ^ Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.