''Berberis gagnepainii'', or Gagnepain's barberry,
is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Berberidaceae, first described in 1908. It is endemic to
China
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, known from
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Hubei
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Sichuan, and
Yunnan
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Provinces.
[Flora of China, Vol. 19 Page 737 湖北小檗 hu bei xiao bo ''Berberis gagnepainii'']
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''Berberis gagnepainii'' is a shrub up to 2 m tall. The leaves are evergreen, simple, lanceolate to elliptical, toothed, the teeth tipped with short spines. The leaves and flowers are borne on short shoots in the axils of 3-parted spines. The inflorescence is a fascicle of 2-15 yellow flowers. The berries are glaucous (waxy), dark blue-black and oblong.[ Its habitats include montane thickets as well as forest margins and understories.]
Its name is dedicated to François Gagnepain.
Gallery
Berberis gagnepainii (4).JPG, Leaves (''Berberis gagnepainii'')
Berberis gagnepainii (5).JPG, Leaf (''Berberis gagnepainii'')
Berberis gagnepainii (7).JPG, ''Berberis gagnepainii''
References
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gagnepainii
Flora of China
Plants described in 1908