Berberis amurensis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Berberidaceae
Subfamilia: Berberidoideae
Genus: Berberis
Species: Berberis amurensis
Varieties: B. a. var. japonica
Name

Berberis amurensis Rupr., 1857
Synonyms

Berberis amurensis var. bretschneideri (Rehd.) Hara
Berberis amurensis f. brevifolia (Nakai) Ohwi
Berberis amurensis var. brevifolia Nakai
Berberis amurensis f. latifolia (Nakai) W. T. Lee
Berberis amurensis var. latifolia Nakai
Berberis amurensis var. licentii Ahrendt
Berberis amurensis var. quelpaertensis (Nakai) Nakai
Berberis bretschneideri Rehder
Berberis hersii Ahrendt
Berberis quelpaertensis Nakai
Berberis vulgaris var. amurensis (Rupr.) Regel

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Ruprecht, F.J.I. 1857. Bulletin de la Class Physico-Mathematique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. St. Petersburg 15:260. 1857
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names
日本語: ヒロハヘビノボラズ

Berberis amurensis, commonly known as Amur barberry,[2] is a shrub native to Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East, and parts of China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi). It is named for the Amur River, which forms part of the boundary between Russia and China. It is found at elevations of 1100–2900 m.[3]

Berberis amurensis is a shrub up to 350 cm tall with spines up to 20 mm long on the smaller branches. Leaves are elliptical, paper-thin, up to 10 cm long. Flowers are borne in groups of up to 25. Berries are red, oblong, about 10 mm long.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
References

The Plant List
English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 371. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
Flora of China v 19 p 762.
Ruprecht, Franz Josef. 1857. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 260.
Rehder, Alfred. 1907. Trees and Shrubs: illustrations of new or little known ligneous plants / prepared chiefly from material at the Arnold arboreum of Harvard university, and edited by Charles Sprague Sargent. Boston, Berberis bretschneideri
Lee, Wootchul. 1996. Lineamenta Florae Koreae 350.
Nakai, Takenoshin. 1929. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo)43: 441.
Ohwi, Jisaburo. 1953. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo 33: 72.