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Berberis nevinii (syn. Mahonia nevinii, Odostemon nevinii [2]), known by the common name Nevin's barberry, is a species of flowering shrub in the barberry family.. This plant is endemic to southern California, where it is known from very few occurrences in the riparian areas of chaparral in inland canyons and foothills.
Odostemon nervosus - Berberis nervosa - Mahonia nervosa; Berberis nevadensis; Odostemon nevinii - Berberis nevinii - Mahonia nevinii; Berberis nigricans; Berberis nilghiriensis; Mahonia nitens - Berberis schochii; Berberis nullinervis; Berberis nummularia; Berberis nutanticarpa; Odostemon nutkanus - Mahonia aquifolium var. nutkana
Berberis haematocarpa, Woot. [1] with the common names red barberry, red Mexican barbery, Colorado barberry and Mexican barberry, is a species in the Barberry family in southwestern North America. [2] It is also sometimes called algerita, [3] but that name is more often applied to its relative, Mahonia trifoliolata.
The plants contain berberine, a compound found in many Berberis and Mahonia species which causes vomiting, lowered blood pressure, reduced heart rate, lethargy, and other ill effects when consumed. [15] The genus name, Mahonia, derives from Bernard McMahon, one of the stewards of the plant collections from the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Berberis (/ ˈ b ɜːr b ər ɪ s /), commonly known as barberry, [1] [2] is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall, found throughout temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is greatest in South America and Asia; Europe, Africa and North America have ...
Pages in category "Berberis" The following 148 pages are in this category, out of 148 total. ... Berberis nevinii; Berberis nilghiriensis; O. Berberis oiwakensis; P ...
The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico.
The APG IV system of 2016 recognises the family and places it in the order Ranunculales in the clade eudicots. [2]In some older treatments of the family, Berberidaceae only included four genera (Berberis, Epimedium, Mahonia, Vancouveria), with the other genera treated in separate families, Leonticaceae (Bongardia, Caulophyllum, Gymnospermium, Leontice), Nandinaceae (Nandina), and ...