Berberis dictyota
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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. dictyota
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis dictyota Jeps.
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| Synonyms[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
Berberis dictyota, now reclassified as Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota,[2] with the common names Jepson's oregon grape and shining netvein barberry, is a flowering plant in the Barberry family.[3][9]
Description
Berberis dictyota is an evergreen shrub up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. Leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets thick and rigid, whitish with a thick waxy layer on the underside, up to 9 cm long, with spines along the edges.[2]
Yellow flowers are borne in dense racemes of up to 50 flowers.[2] The bloom period is February through April.[3]
Berries are egg-shaped, dark blue, sometimes with a waxy coating, up to 7 mm long.[2][7][10][11]
Distribution and habitat
The plant is endemic to California. It is very widespread, found from the Peninsular Ranges in San Diego County north to the Klamath Mountains in Siskiyou County, and east to the Sierra Nevada.[2][3][12]
It is native to chaparral, Foothill oak woodland, and yellow pine forest habitats, at elevations of 600–1,800 metres (2,000–5,900 ft).[2][3][7]
See also
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Berberis dictyota". NatureServe Explorer Berberis dictyota. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Jepson eFlora: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota . accessed 31 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Calflora: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota . accessed 31 October 2016.
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Jepson, Willis Linn. 1921. Flora of California 1: 549.
- ^ Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ a b c Flora of North America vol 3, Berberis dictyota
- ^ Abrams, LeRoy. 1910. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 6(21): 360, Odostemon dictyota
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mahonia dictyota". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Jepson, Willis Linn. 1891. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 18(11): 319
- ^ Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31(1–2): 89, Mahonia dictyota
- ^ Biota of North America Project floristic synthesis, Mahonia dictyota
External links
- Calflora Database: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota (Jepson's oregon grape, Shining netvein barberry)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota
- U.C. Calphotos gallery of Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota
