Berberis quindiuensis is a shrub in the family of Berberidaceae described as a species by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1821.[1] It is native to the Boyacá department of Colombia.[2]
Berberis quindiuensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Berberidaceae |
Genus: | Berberis |
Species: | B. quindiuensis
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Binomial name | |
Berberis quindiuensis Kunth ex DC. 1821
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Synonyms | |
B. chocontana |
Etymology and habitat
editThe fruit-bearing[3] fern is named after the department Quindío where the plant has been found. Synonyms for B. quinduensis are B. chocontana, B. nitida and B. muiscarum, named after the Muisca who inhabited the highlands of Colombia (Altiplano Cundiboyacense). The fern also has been discovered in Tolima.[4]
References
edit- ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund, Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1821. Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 2: 13
- ^ Tropicos, Berberis quindiuensis Kunth ex DC.
- ^ Berberis quiduensis - fruit-bearing - accessed 06-05-2016
- ^ Berberis quinduensis - synonyms Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine - Catalogue of Life - accessed 06-05-2016