Berberis shenii is a shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1928. It is endemic to China, found in the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Hunan.[2]
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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. shenii
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| Berberis shenii (Chun) Laferr.
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Taxonomy
editBerberis shenii was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia shenii by Woon-Young Chun (Huan-Yong Chen, 陈焕镛).[1] He named it in honor of Professor P.F. Shen of Sun Yatsen University in Canton (Guangzhou).[3] A paper published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for Mahonia being more properly classified as a synonym of Berberis renaming it Berberis shenii. As of 2023 this is the most common classification by botanists.[1][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Berberis shenii (Chun) Laferr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 776 沈氏十大功劳 shen shi shi da gong lao Mahonia shenii Chun
- ^ Chun (Huan-Yong Chen, 陈焕镛), Woon-Young (12 December 1928). "Four New Ligneous Plants From Kwangtung". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 9 (4). Harvard University: 127–128. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ WFO (2023). "Berberis shenii (Chun) Laferr". World Flora Online. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Laferrière, Joseph Edward (1997). "Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis (Berberidaceae)". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 82 (9): 95–98. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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